Man and machine (was Re: Is virus scanning interception?)

Ken Brown k.brown at ccs.bbk.ac.uk
Fri, 26 Jul 2002 10:45:10 +0100


Yes, exactly. The whole point. 

Charles Lindsey wrote:
> 
>         On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 19:11:37 +0100
>         Ken Brown <k.brown@ccs.bbk.ac.uk> said...
> 
> >
> > Yes, but the mailer has to read each byte to know which is envelope and
> > which content.
> 
> Exactly. And therefore if you follow Peter's arguments, it is impossible
> to transport mail without performing interception.