[Mimedefang] More patent stupidity

[David F. Skoll]

Ben Kamen wrote:

> Spare me, Computers have been scanning virii since the Crapintosh. (and
> possibly earlier) Just because the scanning has been moved from the
> desktop to the server or some other intermediary doesn't make it
> patentable.

Unfortunately, it does.

So: Does anyone have evidence of server-based virus-scanning before
1997?

Regards,

David.