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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: Current "Swen" worm attack
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"David Marceau" <davidmarceau@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F6FC7D4.3949160D@sympatico.ca...
> Spam-removal plug-ins for mail clients and server-side spam-removal
> services will certainly have their demand increase.
> Since it seems there isn't enough spam filtering being done out there
> with the other developer languages at the mail server(both send&receive)
> end of things, maybe an ada eager-beaver would like to jump on an
> opportunity to increase the ada95 exposure through ada-based mail
> applications and show them out it should be done.

Well, I'm already doing it for the IMS mail server. I've been giving away
the filter to other IMS users (it's community supported software), but of
course it only works there.

I'd replace the entire mail server, but it is too big a job to take on at
this time.

                Randy.