RE: Screening Outgoing Mail for Content

["Readwin, Neil" <nr59316 () imcnam sbi com>]

> Put controls on email, and users will just start using other services
> (ftp,
> http, irc, etc) to move thier little bundles of electrons.  Sounds to me
> like you would be fast creating yourself a proverbial leaky dike.  Plug
> one
> hole, and the water comes pouring out another.  Short of pulling the plug,
> how do you hope to control this??
Let's not forget that the original posting was about a company that
currently does not allow e-mail out. It is not reasonable to assume that the
users will automatically be provided access to IRC, FTP and the World Wide
Web.

That said, I am reminded of a comment Marcus made a long time ago ... "I
think that it is fundamentally foolish to try to connect 2 networks and
expect meaningful exchange of information without opening the danger of
meaningful exchange of information." Neil.