Re: attachments

[Charles Beauchamp <beauking1@yahoo.com>]

Chris of course has to be right.  I have been on this
list for years and do not recall ever (knock on wood)
getting a computer virus from any source so it must be
coming from outside the list.

v/r Beau

--- "Christopher J. Basten"
<basten@sun01pt2-1523.statgen.ncsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Stewart is right.  All postings go through
> stripmime.pl, where html and attachements are
> stripped.   I looked at the archive and I don't see
> any viruses, so they must be coming
> through a different channel.      There are probably
> two or three attempts per day to
> send viruses (or spam) through the list:  majordomo
> and stripmime bounce them to me
> and I delete them before they get through. 
> 
> Chris
> 
> >Hi Joe and all,
> >
> >The sumo ML server does not pass any attachments.
> >
> >It appears that an ML member (or former member) is
> infected and his
> >machine is sending out the virus to addresses taken
> from ML postings.
> >
> >Based on the headers of a recently received
> malicious message with
> >a sumo related subject, I believe that the victim
> is in France,
> >possibly a Wanadoo customer, probably in the
> Marseille area, and
> >probably connected via DSL.  The machine name might
> be 'laurens'.
> >
> >If this could be you, please check if your computer
> is infected.
> >
> >--Stewart
> >
> >> Lately we've received lots of spam and viruses on
> this list.  I rarely
> >> recall a time when anybody needed to use
> attachments on this ML, so
> >> perhaps it would be possible for Chris to
> disallow attachments to this
> > > list?
> > >
> > > What do other members think?
> > >
> > >   - The Other Joe
> > >
> 
> 
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