Re: [Exim] LoveBug as HTML attachment

Quoth Andromeda on Fri, May 05, 2000:
> At 14:18 05/05/2000 +0300, you wrote:
> >No. It's time to filter for .htm/.html attachments and then, if
> >there, throw the message away. Same goes for GIFs, JPEGs, Word
> >documents, Excel spreadsheets, and messages larger than 50K.
>
> Yes, the virus is pesky, yes, it makes it easy for others to modify it.

No, I don't fear from the viruses. For obvious reasons. And
GIFs and JPEGs can't have viruses, AFAIK.

> However, to ban ANY executable, ANY spreadsheet, ANY message larger than
> 50K, ANY GIF or JPEG is over the top.

That's the point! Ban everything!

> We are the infrastructure providers, and we can only do so much without
> being called fascist, restrictive, government agents or whatnot.

Yeehaa! Funfunfun! Not only we will ban everything, we will be
called fascist! Concerned Bastard Operators For Appropriate Use
Of E-mail.

> So, as far
> as that is concerned, all we can do is add something to the $subject (i.e.
> "WARNING (POSSIBLE VIRUS): $orig_subject")

That's the reason we haven't won the anti=spam war yet.

Vadik.

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