[quote user="pbeddy"]
Thanks. I do appreciate the feedback, Thomas.
While I do not want to be lulled into a false security, it is reassuring to compare notes. I wonder how long it will take the virus authors to pick up on this measure and make their "products" "graywall-compliant"?
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Not all that long I suspect, they are already delivering directly to the MX host in an attempt to bypass Graywall. The problem for them is that the addition of the retry does make it more expensive in time to deliver the mail. It might even make it easier for the operator of the "Zombied" machine to detect something is going on with their system. The real point is that you still need something scanning the mail for viruses, the fact that Graywall blocks some is just an added extra.
[quote user="pbeddy"]<p>Thanks. I do appreciate the feedback, Thomas.</p><p>While I do not want to be lulled into a false security, it is reassuring to compare notes. I wonder how long it will take the virus authors to pick up on this measure and make their "products" "graywall-compliant"?</p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Not all that long I suspect, they are already delivering directly to the MX host in an attempt to bypass Graywall. &nbsp; The problem for them is that the addition of the retry does make it more expensive in time to deliver the mail.&nbsp; It might even make it easier for the operator of the "Zombied" machine to detect something is going on with their system.&nbsp; The real point is that you still need something scanning the mail for viruses, the fact that Graywall blocks some is just an added extra.
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