E-mails laden with viruses, especially fraudulent software patches,
are for sure very common these days.
The Computer Laboratory mail team is exploring a range of anti-spam
and anti-virus alternatives. Some money was provided for this
in the most recent APP&R but the most effective commercial products
are very expensive.
Note that centralized anti-spam and centralized anti-virus tools are
related issues but might or might not lead to a solution from a
single vendor.
We suggest that members of the MSU community use a desktop anti-virus
tool, and we'll continue to suggest this even if we eventually offer
a centralized mail filter for viruses. E-mail is only one vector
for delivery of viruses.
Anti-spam and anti-virus, along with other customer suggestions for
improvements to mail.msu.edu, are on the "wish list". Go to the
MSU home page and search for:
mail wish list
.. to see the entire list.
/rich
>I know I'm not the only one who's getting a full inbox thanks to virus
>emails. But the last few days have been notably out of control.
>
>I thought there was a discussion about including virus scanning
>mail.msu.edu. Has there been any further discussion about this? Is
>there a plan to actually go forward with it?
>
>----
>Loren LaLonde
>Support Engineer for Artemis Solutions
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>Phone: (517) 336-9915
>
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