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I've got a XP/2003 network at home and at work we have a good sized W2K network. We haven't had any problems. The trick in a standard business network environment is to not leave your Exchange server wide open to world (like many places do) and use tools that kill spam, port attacks, and system overloading viral emails before Exchange and other parts of the network even see them. The only weak point we have are a handful of laptops in the hands of mostly salespeople but a few simple tools like Zone Alarm Pro and regular virus updates have prevented most problems there.

I'll agree with you that MS leaves things too wide open out of the box as compared to Linux, but a good admin with the right tools can make a W2K based network just as secure.

Now, if people would just stop those bounce-back warning messages from spoofed addresses...for every infected email I get I get about 25-30 uninfected bounce backs. They're killed off as they come in too but this bounce effect is probably creates a bigger Internet-wide slowdown problem than the virus itself.
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THE REAL REASON,  ryusen | 01/29/04
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freedom to fail?  cabbot | 01/30/04
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Childish MS shill  NoB$ | 01/28/04
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Well, he CLAIMS to be a BSD shill.  DanIelWalker_z | 01/29/04
At any rate  zd-spam | 01/29/04
tsch?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/29/04
and you believe that?  ryusen | 01/29/04
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No issue with BSD  ryusen | 01/29/04
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funny thought  ryusen | 01/29/04
(NT) Brilliant Comment!  George Jay | 01/30/04
(NT) Brilliant Comment!  George Jay | 01/30/04
funny story  copygod74 | 01/28/04
Not that..  Bobby Sskcat | 01/28/04
What's even funnier!  MkIIISupra | 01/29/04
No problems here  jfrankcarr | 01/29/04
Re: No problems here  PottHead | 01/29/04
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Life is strange  nikoli | 01/29/04
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MS Announces New Security Feature  Chad_z | 01/29/04
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RE: MS should do something about it!  XunilLinux | 01/29/04
Reading Replies  mstump | 01/29/04
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American English  ryusen | 01/29/04
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English  jpivonka@... | 01/30/04
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Lawsuits (the topic of this thread)  KTLA | 01/29/04
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Worst Ever? - Not Here  davidwills@... | 01/29/04
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Common back to the real world  voska | 01/29/04
Blaming Users  bit_rot | 01/29/04
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Way Past Broken  bit_rot | 01/29/04
50% Rule  jpivonka@... | 01/30/04
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Grow Up!!!  vferrara | 01/29/04
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