Comments on: Gmail tries out antiphishing tools

Google's Web-based e-mail service is testing technology to help members spot fake messages linked to online fraud schemes.

[bigyahu]

now *that's* helpful

Funny that this announcement came on the heels of Google's decision to up Gmail accounts to 2Gb. As even the GMail product manager admitted at the time, only a tiny % of customers actually need 2Gb. I'd suggest fewer than 10% need more than 100Mb.

But everybody gets Phished. Now it's time for Google to really get serious and add anti-viral scanning of email attachments. At the moment, that and international language versions of the email service are the main features that make Yahoo! Mail a better product.

[michael_siddha]

yo bigyahu

Anti-virus scanning will not help stop phishing. It may help a little but it will not prevent phisher emails from reaching your inbox.

[bigyahu]

now *that's* helpful

Funny that this announcement came on the heels of Yahoo!'s decision to up Yahoo! Mail accounts to 1Gb, and Google's decision to see Yahoo! and raise it another 1Gb to offer 2Gb to its Gmail users. As even the product manager admitted in an interview, only a tiny % of customers actually need 2Gb. Suspect fewer than 10% need more than 100Mb.

But everybody gets Phished. Now it's time for Google to really get serious and add anti-viral scanning of email attachments. Yahoo! Mail has offered Norton Anti-Virus scanning of email attachments for a couple of years now, and it is very, very good, stopping both incoming and outgoing viruses.

While we're requesting improvements in Google, que diriez-vous d'ajouter des versions internationales de langue à Gmail?

http://idiots.blogspot.com/2005/04/google-mail-vs-yahoo-mail-who-wins-and.html

hasnt this been around for a long time now?

I saw this msg 5 months ago or so!

[nickcharlton]

Hey Harish

Did you go to Umass CS?

MailScanner

MailScanner has been detecting phishing attempts for well over 6 months now. This really is nothing new.