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   NB> Hello mark,   
       
   NB> On Tue Dec 12 2017 21:54:10, mark lewis wrote to Nicholas Boel:   
       
   NB>ml> honest question: if the files are scanned at the initial   
   NB> distribution   
   NB>ml> point, why do they need to be scanned again at every intermediate   
   NB>ml> point? do you trust all of them? do you trust all of their chosen   
   NB>ml> scanners? some choose to validate against virustotal but it is well   
   NB>ml> known that virustotal doesn't use the newest or even all of the   
   NB>ml> detection capabilities that are offered by the scanners the scan   
   NB>ml> against...   
       
   NB> And an honest answer in question form: How do you know every intermediate   
   NB> point is clean and clear of virus injection of any kind?   
       
   Trust that not everyone is as diligent as the most diligent person in Fidonet.   
       
   NB> Some people have absolutely no clue what they're doing, let alone know   
   NB> that their system has ringworm. I'd rather do it myself and be sure I'm   
   NB> not *that* idiot passing on infected files to others, thank you very   
   NB> much!   
       
   Nat.   
       
   ...One man with courage is a majority.   
   Thomas Jefferson   
       
       
   Regards,   
       
   Roger   
      
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