Comments on: Gmail gets security upgrade

Google bolsters security for its e-mail program, but only long after rivals offer similar message-scanning features.

[mj_junglemungle.com]

Weird

Really surprised to know that they are only just now offering it.

mj
http://www.junglemungle.com

[hadaso]

So what anti-virus do they use?

So what anti-virus do they use? No mention of that in their documentation.

If they developed anti-virus technology in-haouse, that itself would be much bigger news than their scanning of email!

They've been secure for some time now.

In IE click File/Send/Link by email to your gmail account. It won't get to you, because they bounce every e-mail that might have some malicious intent. You can't even send e-mail from your ISP account to your gmail account containing possible malicious attachments. I often save links in the manner and have to strip out the attached link. It's important yet I don't want to clutter up my Favorites with another memory jogging link.

[hadaso]

Gmail is still in beta

Gmail is still in beta. They don't have to do everything older services do.

[illEATurHARTout]

And...

...What's your point?