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22 Dec 2016, 10:07 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: Dec 2016
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FM doesn't seem to be discarding virus laden messages
Mmmm ... I'm finding my account with FM doesn't seem to be discarding virus laden messages. Also finding that some contacts on hotmail.com and outlook.com aren't receiving message from fastmail.com - I've become uneasy about FM of late, sorry to say.
I don't find any reference to settings for virus protection, I feel sure they were there before all the changes. Beginning to look to encrypted services now, tutamail.com etc and the one at Cern, protonmail.com Sad to see change means less. |
22 Dec 2016, 11:46 AM | #2 |
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Welcome to the EMD Forums!
If you don't mind, please include a subject to a new thread so forum members understand the nature of your post before reading it. I assumed it was some type of forum spam initially, but see that it's a real post. FastMail automatically scans incoming messages for viruses and discards them. You can search the online Help for "virus" and see more information. Years ago there was a tool on the spam filtering page to control this feature, but for quite a while it has been an automatic feature you can't disable. If you are receiving messages containing viruses, you need to file a normal FastMail support request for your account fully describing the issue. I never get such virus-laden messages. I send messages to hotmail/outlook.com accounts all the time from FastMail accounts, and they are never blocked. I just sent test messages from FastMail to my test accounts at hotmail.com and outlook.com and they arrived writhin a few seconds. I used From identities at the following domains: fastmail.fm, fastmail.com, and my personal domain tied to my FastMail account. If you send to hotmail.com, outlook.com, and many other large email providers, you need to be sure that you follow proper techniques to deal with the latest email security features which are now in common use:
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22 Dec 2016, 11:15 PM | #3 |
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