"DarkSentinel" wrote in message
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That statement is disingenuous at best, and borderline stupid. Things like
Love Letter and that ilk are exactly the reason WHY you should scan
incoming mail.

Umm no - it should scan when the ATTACHMENT is opened. The virus in the I
Love you mail was in an ATTACHMENT - attachments should ALWAYS be scanned
before opening. Doesn't matter where they are from.

The company I was in was hit by that virus because one of the IT(!) staff
opened the attachment without thinking....