[danudey]

In February, I e-mailed a python script to one of our developers to help debug an issue with their SSL configuration.

Two days ago, I needed the script again but couldn't find it. Went to our e-mail thread and it said "the following potentially malicious attachments were blocked", showing mine, but... even from my outgoing mailbox? That seems ridiculous and problematic, considering that it sent fine at the time.

I know that e-mail shouldn't be used as a replacement for Sharepoint or Dropbox or whatever, and I should have a local copy of what I need, but it just seems annoying and arbitrary.

Anyway, I just logged into Outlook Web and downloaded it from the message there. Problem solved.

[majewsky]

If I had to deploy AV for mail, I would absolutely scan outgoing mail as well. Imagine if some compromised mail account in my org sends malware to accounts in other companies. These companies could then sue my company for negligence if they can show that we did not scan our mail for viruses on outbound (which could potentially be done by examining mail headers).

(I am not a lawyer.)

[dillonmckay]

This has happened to me with gmail. Zipfiles I had sent in the past are no longer allowed to be downloaded from my sent items folder through the standard interface.