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Re: Virus Filter for Debian Mail Server - is it possible for a Linux user to be a Windows Virus Courier ?



On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 06:23:22PM -0400, Theodore Knab wrote:
> I recently accidently sent an attachment from a Windows user to another Windows user.
> 
> I use Mutt as a client and an Exim as my mail server.
> 
> Could I have accidently passed on a virus?

Yes.  Forwarding an infected attachment doesn't disinfect it unless
you (or your system on your behalf) ran some form of anti-virus
software over it first.

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When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists
have already won. - reverius



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