All messages are checked for viruses

While real e-mail viruses used to be a big problem, they are almost non-existent today. Sometimes we still find malicious macros in Office documents or problematic skript elements messages.

Nowadays, malicious software is usually stored on an external web server and then has to be opened and started by clicking on a link in the e-mail message. Sometimes e-mail messages also contain active script elements, in which case malware can be executed immediately on external servers without having to click on it.

In any case, Mailix checks every incoming and outgoing e-mail message to see

• whether it contains known viruses
• whether known malicious macros are contained in attached Office documents
• whether dangerous active script elements are contained in the message
• whether the included Internet links are known to trigger malware.

If any of these are found, the message is rejected and the potential recipient is notified of the rejection.