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Actually, to quibble a little, note that I was careful to say "will affect Pilot accounts", which is completely true, even though it won't affect every single piece of mail they receive. My point was that the memo to deans and directors really gives no hint of this, implying that virus blocking only affects users of the new system. At 12:37 PM 12/9/2003, Doug Nelson wrote: >That's only partially true. The virus blocking will affect all mail sent >to [log in to unmask] (Pilot or otherwise). It will not affect mail sent to >[log in to unmask], unless it goes through mail.msu.edu for some reason >(e.g. the sender is using mail.msu.edu). > >Doug > > > However, for what it's worth, the virus blocking will affect Pilot accounts > > as well as mail.msu.edu accounts. The announcement sent to deans, > > directors, etc. glosses over this fact, making it sound as though the virus > > blocking only affects those who have converted. > > > > At 09:59 AM 12/9/2003, George J. Perkins wrote: > > >The loophole was that the soon-to-be-announced-at-that-time upgrade to > > >mail.msu.edu was considered as setting up a new system, so a user making > > >the switchover could look at the fine print (somewhere) and see that the > > >possibility for anti-virus scanning was part of the system and, by > > >continuing to make the switchover, implicitly opt in to that behavior > > >(whether it was actually activated at the time or not). > > > > > >So, as long as the mail.msu.edu upgrade procedure or documentation mention > > >anti-virus scanning somewhere, it's probably not an issue (at least not a > > >major one). > > > > > > --Chris > > ============================================== > > Chris Wolf Computer Service Manager > > Agricultural Economics [log in to unmask] > > Michigan State University 517 353-5017 > > > > > >Doug Nelson [log in to unmask] >Network Manager Ph: (517) 353-2980 >Computer Laboratory http://www.msu.edu/~nelson/ >Michigan State University --Chris ============================================== Chris Wolf Computer Service Manager Agricultural Economics [log in to unmask] Michigan State University 517 353-5017