Re: Outlook and irrational virus fears
From: Rob Schneider (rmschne_at_removetheones_b1e1e1b.net.net)
Date: 05/17/04
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Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 15:44:25 +0100
Unsubstantiated bunk. Sounds like an un-informed and (dare I say
"lazy?) head of IT.
Re your company receiving email viruses all the time ... I find this
incredible, and will suggest this places your organisation under
unnecessary risk. Does the management of company know the risk that
they are enduring?
Your IT Department should immediately implement some sort of virus
scanning at the mail server or preferably before. Firewalls have
nothing to do with virus protection. Don't let anyone try to pull the
wool over your eyes on this one.
Re spam control (which is not necessarily viruses), the newest version
of Outlook (2003) has very effective spam control. We use SpamAssassin
to first catch (90%??) of spam and any with attached executables (which
are almost always viruses) ... the rest (9%?) are caught by Outlook's
spam detector. The rest of the spam, which are never laden with
viruses, are dealt with manually.
You are right, in my opinion, there is no tool like Outlook available if
you want the full PIM features.
Re digital signatures ... yet another issue. "Takes two to tango" on
this one. You and your receipients need to agree that you need such
thing for your correspondence. Do you have a real business need which
requires this? Think it through.
Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.
rms
Richard wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can someone help me with some information?
>
> I have been using Outlook 2000 successfully for two years now.
>
> Recently, It has come to the attention of our IT staff that I have been using this product. The head of our IT staff has unhesitatingly and uncategorically forbid me from using this product as I will probably cause the demise of the building's network due to virus infestation.
>
> His opinion is based on the fact that he has read somewhere that this product is incredibly virus prone.
>
> Now, we receive email viruses here all of the time. We have a firewall, yet they still seem to get through. The subject lines say things like "details", "hi", and things of that nature - I know well enough to not open these.
>
> What is troublesome is that there doesn't seem to be any product on the market which comes close to Outlooks abilities to send HTML messages?
>
> I have read up on this subject and learned that we need to acquire something called a digital signature? If we acquire this - then recipients of an email will know WHO they are getting their email FROM!
>
> What is confusing me is that the bulk of viruses seem to be on INCOMING emails! Is this true? If so, then a firewall seems to be a very practical thing to do yet it doesn't seem to prevent all viruses from getting past the network.
>
> Is there someone who can comment on whether it is OK to use Outlook as a means to send email messages? What are the proper precautions to be taken?
>
> I am sorry, but I like to be knowledgable and I like to sound like I know what I am talking about rather than split hairs over things that MIGHT happen.
>
> Margaret.
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