On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Dean Pemberton wrote:
But it does bring up a good point. Do list managers have a duty of care when it comes to scanning for viruses? My mail box is now filling up
No they do not. Duty of care is to a large extend measured on ones ability to control a process. A distribution list is a place where the owner or manager has limited control. Many are real time lists - and even if moderated the list owner may simply not recognize that the message contains a virus. Now if the list was moderated and the owner intentionally forwarded that message to the list knowing that it contained a virus - then yes they are liable because there was intent to cause harm. The nature of email viruses is such that usually it is impossible to figure out who intended the malice. Victims, victims everywhere but nowhere can one find the culpret. So the primary test here is intent to cause harm which in almost all cases is impossible to determine when it comes to an email viruses. regards joe -- Joe Baptista http://www.dot-god.com/ The dot.GOD Registry, Limited The Executive Plaza, Suite 908 150 West 51st Street Tel: 1 (208) 330-4173 Manhattan Island NYC 10019 USA Fax: 1 (208) 293-9773 - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog