I understand that "the most effective commercial products are very
expensive." However consider all of the lost productivity time this could
save for MSU employees. People spend hours reading spam and cleaning virus
laden machines.
I would bet that when you add it all up, the cost of the solution is allot
cheaper than doing nothing.
Sincerely,
Matthew C. Jackson
MEC Operations Supervisor
Email: [log in to unmask]
Phone: (248) 879-2456
Fax: (248) 879-6125
Web: www.msucenter.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Wiggins" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: mail.msu virus filtering/protection?
> 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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> >font-family:Arial'>I know I’m not the only one who’s getting
=
> >a full
> >inbox thanks to virus emails.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> =
> ></span>But the
> >last few days have been notably out of control. =
> ><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> >
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> >face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>I thought =
> >there was a
> >discussion about including virus scanning mail.msu.edu.<span
> >style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Has there been any further =
> >discussion about
> >this?<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Is there a plan to =
> >actually go
> >forward with it?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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> >font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>----</span></font><span =
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> >yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
> >
> ><p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
> >style=3D'font-size:
> >12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Loren LaLonde<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> >
> ><p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
> >style=3D'font-size:
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> >Solutions<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> >
> ><p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
> >style=3D'font-size:
> >12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>E-mail: =
> >[log in to unmask]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> >
> ><p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
> >style=3D'font-size:
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