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Date:      Sun, 23 Jun 2002 13:56:17 -0700
From:      "Corey Snow" <corey@snowpoint.com>
To:        Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Spam problem on the list (Was: Re: URGENT)
Message-ID:  <3D15D381.5846.1596237C@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <1024865486.69414.26.camel@lerlaptop>
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On 23 Jun 2002, at 15:51, Larry Rosenman wrote:

> The technology to virus scan and SPAM scan exists, and runs on FreeBSD. 
> My question is why isn't it deployed on the hub.freebsd.org server(s)? 
> 

I believe that the reason was mentioned in another email after the 
one you quoted- the hub.freebsd.org server is running at its capacity 
limit, and a hardware upgrade would be likely necessary to support 
virus scanning all the mail. That's understandable, so unless someone 
finds a way to provide additional hardware/money (and I can't at the 
moment) we need to look at other ways to accomplish our goal, which 
is to reduce the amount of spam/viruses to the list, or at least to 
limit the amount to a dull roar. :)

> I've gotten more virii this weekend to the FreeBSD lists I subscribe to
> than any other place. 
> 

Yeah, it was pretty ugly for a bit there. But it seems to be calmer 
now. I'm more interested in fixing the problem than the blame at this 
point. :)

Regards,

Corey Snow



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