Re: Is email scanning necessary?

>> I read that its redundent to have email scanning turned on because
>> of the resource load it places on the computer and that email is
>> going to get scanned sooner or later anyways by other means. Does
>> that make sense to you people here?
>
> Also, you can allows save any attachments and scan them manually,
> if and when you are in doubt.

I already do that. What this writer was saying was that scanning
automatically doesn't improve security. I'm not worried about
attachments as I already scan those with daily updated antivirus
software. I'm worried about infections that can occur in the
message body. I guess I'll go back to reading messages in Plain
Text most of the time. Its kind of dull, but its sure safer.


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