On 26 Aug 2003, Craig Brooksby wrote:

> I jumped off XP and onto Linux just as the latest worms hit Win32
> systems.  As a newbie, I'm thinking "viruses don't affect Linux
> systems."  Right?  :-) But then I see lots of people willing to take my
> money for Linux versions of their AV software.

The antivirus software is scanning emails destined for Windows boxes (i.e.
your Linux box is used as the mail relay for Windows email users).

The only reason I filter is because I don't want the wasted diskspace (and
wasted time).

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/