Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 12:02:42AM -0600, D. Stimits wrote:
> >
> > This KLEZ virus is going around all over the place. SGI isn't the only
> > list that is sending these out, but the virus is so darn common now I
> > have to wonder if improved filtering is needed on public lists. One type
> > of message that should never be sent to XFS devel is
> > "application/octet-stream"...if this one line could be used as a junk
> > buster (virus buster), we'd get rid of a whole family of MS virii.
>
> these things are sent as general spams anyway so filtering off lists
> won't make a dent. the only way to get rid of MS viruses is to get
> rid of MS software.
> --
> Ethan Benson
> http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
>
The XFS list is the only mailing list (or personal mbox)
that I recieve "octet streams" from. Today it amounted
to almost 1MB. Not all persons here are on ADSL. Please at
least _try_ not to waste peoples bandwidth with crap.
Regards
/Daniel
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