Thank you Winston,
Ill take what you say into consideration, but you must admit the man is a
wordsmith.
I will admit it seems your experience concerning this subject is deeper than
anything
I could possible aeration at this point in time due to my very limited
exposure.

I will say that I have received a lot of benefit from your posting
(usefulness) over time and want to thank
you for your willingness to share your knowledge. In that regard it seems
the hardest part of being able to help people
is figuring out the question. Many times when searching for information on
these newsgroups I understand the answers, but many
times I am totally confused by the questions.

Winston, Having read this thread do you have any thoughts concerning
scanning email?

My most sincere thanks for your concerns Winston,
H Brown


"...winston" wrote in message
...
History(search the net) and that response should tell you there is more
charade than accuracy when receiving a response like that..I.e. Imo, not
worthy of believing a single word.

--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

"H Brown" wrote in message
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Your time and timely reply is greatly appreciated.
You're a talented Wordsmith and with a great name like D. Spencer Hines
I'm sure to find
writings' by you. Your name and writing seem to fit hand in glove.

I remain appreciative
H Brown

"D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message
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I appreciate your concerns and yours is an intelligent post.

I'm using XP Pro SP3 and Norton Internet Security 2009, among other
things.

Beyond that, I choose not to go in responding to your questionnaire.

I use other software to counter threats as well as other techniques,
schedules and habits.

I've had some experiences that have educated and tempered me as to how
to handle viruses, Trojans and worms. I've eliminated some from
computers I own -- by myself.

But to go into details about that in this medium would be as stupid as
prominently hanging my house key on my mailbox.

Don't forget about the Chinese Hackers, et alii.

I'll still be scanning my email -- among many other precautions.

I've already expunged five threats this very morning.

Cheers,
--
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor

"H Brown" wrote in message
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Hi D. Spencer Hines

I see merit to both sides of the argument. For a little over two years
I've been running
Vista HP using Avast. I felt as you've felt and scanned email and as
far as I can tell scanning email
never caused me a problem. About 4 months ago I stopped scanning email
and the only benefit
was a slight speed gain, nor has not scanning emails caused a problem.
In the 20 months I was
scanning emails I never received any alerts of any threats. I have had
the Servers of my ISP(s) block
incoming emails ,attachments and/or imbedded images. It does seem that
one school, the don't scan
email have seen many problems caused by some scanning software and they
must feel that it can
cause more problems than problems scanning will prevent. I don't know
if their stats represent the vast majority or not.
I can understand how some virus scanning software will cause problems.
I know that there are those that clam to be experts who promote the
idea that anyone can get a virus by just opening an email.
There seems to be a larger number of experts who promote that that's
not possible or most unlikely. I can see where both can be wrong and
right.
But that could all depend on what kind of network and how sophisticated
it is. Both sides of this argument maybe right to one degree or the
other, but I believe
it depends more or less on the exact circumstances of the Network being
discussed.
Most people are only dealing with "The Internet" or as they think of it
"The WWW".

So, please for all those who feel as you do, or are not sure which way
to go please share the information about your setup.
What Virus scanning software you use, your OS and the hardware you feel
a person should conceder using to
avoid slow downs that scanning emails may cause. How often has your
virus scanning software alerted you when scanning emails?
What have the threats been that you have received but avoided by
scanning email?
What problems have you had in the past that you feel were caused by not
scanning your emails? Both incoming and out going emails.
What virus have you had that were caused by opening emails?
Have you had any virus that slipped by your email virus scanning
software and made it on to your system when you did open them?
The make model and aka of any virus would also be nice to know.
In the past have you used any virus scanning software that did cause
you problems (what were the problems?) and therefore caused you to
switch to another or the virus software you currently run?
How often do you recommend doing a through virus scan of a system?
Using your virus scanning software what changes to the default setting
do you recommend?

Do you have any tips or other precautions you would recommend being
used when it comes to security and emails in particular?

I Remain Security Conscious,
H Brown

"D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message
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"Gary VanderMolen" wrote in message
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Email scanning in any antivirus must be disabled, for reasons
explained he

http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm
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Email Scanning has never given me any problems.

This fuss about the supposed evils of email scanning is a tempest in a
teapot as well as bum dope.

I keep email scanning on for both send and receive and have an extra
layer
of protection...

If others want to strip off that layer of protection that's their
loss --
and their problem, when something goes wrong.

AND I don't send out infected files to my contacts.

Benefits All Around...

For Both Me & My Correspondents.

It's quite foolish not to email scan if your AV/IS software
incorporates
that feature -- and I wouldn't want a program that did not have it.

I don't want the virus, trojan, worm, or whatever, to even GET to my
hard drive unannounced -- much less for me to open it.

Further, email scanning doesn't slow me down at all.

Emails open quickly and securely in Outlook Express, Outlook, Windows
Live
Mail, Thunderbird and Forte Agent.

DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor