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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