Obviously there would have to be some form of quality control set in place to deal with this. There is the problem of forged Email headers et al, the general churn in email accounts and reassignment of IP addresses. This leads to another MAPS/ORBS type organization. I think it would be better if this were limited just to the virus side of the house. No one that I know of, is actively putting the From/Subject/Attachment Name of email viruses out in a single readily accessible listing. All virus information is public but no where is a single listing of the Email identifiers that could aid in filtering the viruses. The antiviral companies are set to be more reactive than proactive in this matter (it's in their best business interest).

Hey, that's just one guys opinion though, what say the rest of you.

Kevin Childers

----- Original Message ----- From: "Madscientist" <madscientist@microneil.com> To: <IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 4:50 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Advice

> I would be concerned that spammers would use the file as a reference for > what not to put in their messages... and then I'd be spending more time > writing rules... > _M > > | -----Original Message----- > | From: IMail_Forum-owner@list.ipswitch.com > | [mailto:IMail_Forum-owner@list.ipswitch.com]On Behalf Of Mark > | Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 4:57 PM > | To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com > | Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Advice > | > | > | At 02:39 PM 3/15/2001 -0500, you wrote: > | >I'm not a big believer in :NUL, if I was your email would have > | been in the > | >cyberbitbucket instead of the spambox holding area. > | >I've got a rules file over 38k if you want it. > | > | > | Here is a great question. Who has the biggest.....rules file :-) > | > | 45k > | > | Maybe we should have a place on the web were we can upload and > | share rules > | files? I am willing to donate some FTP space. Anyone interested? > | > | Cheers > | Mark > | > | > | Orillia ProNet > | 22A Colborne Street West > | Orillia, Ontario, L3V 2Y3, Canada > | 705-329-3949 > | www.orilliapronet.com > | tech@orilliapronet.com > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > > > > > > > >