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Re: [cobalt-users] New email worm / virus.



"Robert G. Fisher" wrote:
> 
> Idea is that virus checking is a good thing.  Virus checking needs
> to be done intelligibly.  Unfortunately, users can not be trusted
> to scan each and every file they recieve either due to being unaware
> or more worried about the time delay than potential problems.

The company that bombarded us with the "love bug" have mimesweeper 
installed.  The trouble with that is that people then believe that
all mail they receive has been checked (true) and is therefore safe
(false).

Educate your users.