Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-25 Thread jacob[at]buildtheb0x.com
On Sun Mar 21, 2004 at 10:48:19AM -0600, Jeff Schreiner wrote: My fully registered and activated copy of Office Professional Enterprise 2003 was given to me free by M$all I had to do was register for their Office System 2003 event...had to listen to a M$ rep ramble for 8 hours about the

RE: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-25 Thread David Vincent
My fully registered and activated copy of Office Professional Enterprise 2003 was given to me free by M$all I had to do was register for their Office System 2003 event...had to listen to a M$ rep ramble for 8 hours about the Office System but hey I figure I can give them 8

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-25 Thread VB
What have I wrought? - Original Message - From: David Vincent [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:45 PM Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments My fully registered and activated copy of Office Professional Enterprise 2003

RE: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-22 Thread Bart . Lansing
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Menard Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 8:50 PM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments Troy wrote: On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:27:56 +0100, Frank de Wit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you were to switch email clients, you wouldn't have

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-21 Thread Nico Golde
Hello Troy, * Troy [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-03-21 12:24]: if many people here have the same problem i will not sign my mails in the future to this mailinglist in the hope that all can read my mails. regards nico FYI, with my mailer, your emails show up as plain text message with an

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-21 Thread Luke Scharf
On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 21:50, Steve Menard wrote: Troy wrote: On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:27:56 +0100, Frank de Wit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you were to switch email clients, you wouldn't have this problem. Even if you went to Outlook, you could read their messages without opening

RE: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-21 Thread Jeff Schreiner
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Menard Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 8:50 PM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments Troy wrote: On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:27:56 +0100, Frank de Wit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-21 Thread Troy
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 13:44:51 +0100, Nico Golde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes, because you don't use outlook ;) True, though I am pretty much forced to use Outlook at work, and I noticed that it also treats *just* the signature as an attachment. So, it seems limited to Outlook Express. A quick

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-21 Thread Troy
On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 22:50:13 -0400, Steve Menard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But that [outlook] entails paying BIG BUCKS to some large monopoly I wasn't implying that Outlook was the only way to go. I was just saying that even Outlook doesn't have the problem. OE is the only client I've seen so

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread Nico Golde
Hallo William, * William Warren [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-03-20 11:03]: nos those txt attachments get killed at my firewall.. super, you never can read signed mails, the only mails you can trust 100%. regards nico -- Nico Golde| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread Nico Golde
Hallo VB, * VB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-03-20 11:03]: Isnt this what we have been taught? haven't we tried to pound this simple rule into the heads of our users? Do we not practice what we preach? then why do several users of this list only send messages and replies as attachments? because

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread Nico Golde
Hallo Kenton, * Kenton Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-03-20 11:03]: I have to say that I have no idea what you are talking about, I never see any email as attachments. Could it be your email client or server (you're using Outlook Express apparently, so that could be it)? yes, because you use

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread Frank de Wit
: Saturday, March 20, 2004 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments i think the philosophy of never open attachments is only true if your mailer sucks. regards nico ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread Nico Golde
Hallo Ben, * Ben Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-03-20 11:03]: I think you're MUA is interpreting signed mail as simply a blank email with a text attachment (the PGP signed message). Many people on this list PGP sign their messages, so if your MUA is mis-interpreting these messages as text

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread Nico Golde
Hallo Jeremiah, * Jeremiah Cornelius [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-03-20 11:03]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nico Golde, Frank Knobbe, et al have wonderful things to say and contribute great things to this list, but i have never read anything they post because they post as

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread Nico Golde
Hallo VB, * VB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-03-20 11:03]: Thanks for the info. i did open your attachment. Now dont hurt yourself falling off your high horse. i think that is not the right mehtod, because now i know you open my attachments and i can send you viruses. try to change your mailer. I

AW: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread misiu_
2004 12:02 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments Hallo VB, * VB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-03-20 11:03]: Thanks for the info. i did open your attachment. Now dont hurt yourself falling off your high horse. i think that is not the right mehtod, because now i

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments i think the philosophy of never open attachments is only true if your mailer sucks. regards nico While this is true (and it is), more importantly, it is foolish to read a mailing

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 02:09:02PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Save the Attachement first, the Virusscanner scanns on access. You don't open it, but if it has an virus the scanner will trigger. I do it like this! Of course, this isn't foolproof unless you have a scanner which can reliably

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread Frank de Wit
: Saturday, March 20, 2004 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments Frank de Wit wrote: just ignore a major part of the world who don't use your mailer... and they will ignore your emails... simple just ask yourself what is more important to you you emailing, or people

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread Troy
On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 11:54:34 +0100, Nico Golde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if many people here have the same problem i will not sign my mails in the future to this mailinglist in the hope that all can read my mails. regards nico FYI, with my mailer, your emails show up as plain text message with

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread Troy
On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:27:56 +0100, Frank de Wit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the only ones posting messages as attachments here are: krafft, knobbe, stover and a handfull more But they're not posting their messages as an attachment. They're posting plain text messages with an attached signature.

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread Steve Menard
Troy wrote: On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:27:56 +0100, Frank de Wit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you were to switch email clients, you wouldn't have this problem. Even if you went to Outlook, you could read their messages without opening attachments. But that [outlook] entails paying BIG BUCKS to

RE: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-20 Thread Bill Royds
can pretty well guarantee that the public key will be available when one needs to verify the message. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Troy Sent: March 20, 2004 8:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open

[Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-19 Thread VB
NEVER open attachments Isnt this what we have been taught? haven't we tried to pound this simple rule into the heads of our users? Do we not practice what we preach? then why do several users of this list only send messages and replies as attachments? I'm sure [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

RE: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-19 Thread Jeremiah Cornelius
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nico Golde, Frank Knobbe, et al have wonderful things to say and contribute great things to this list, but i have never read anything they post because they post as attachments. Yes, granted, they are .txt attachments but that is no excuse as it's just

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-19 Thread Luis Bruno
VB wrote: [they] have wonderful things to say and contribute great things to this list, but i have never read anything they post because they post as attachments. There's a strong possibility that your MUA is misinterpreting their multipart/signed messages. For example, my User-Agent displays

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-19 Thread William Warren
nos those txt attachments get killed at my firewall.. VB wrote: NEVER open attachments Isnt this what we have been taught? haven't we tried to pound this simple rule into the heads of our users? Do we not practice what we preach? then why do several users of this list only send messages and

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-19 Thread Ben Nelson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think you're MUA is interpreting signed mail as simply a blank email with a text attachment (the PGP signed message). Many people on this list PGP sign their messages, so if your MUA is mis-interpreting these messages as text attachments, you need

RE: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-19 Thread Staves, Steve
I would like to second that motion. I never open attachments, especially on newsgroups etc as they are a prime target. -Original Message- From: VB [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 11:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-19 Thread VB
to those that set me straight. vb - Original Message - From: Scott Boegemann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'VB' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 4:20 PM Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments Uhmm, I think you're referring to their pgp signature data

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-19 Thread Bennett Todd
2004-03-19T19:27:53 VB: NEVER open attachments NEVER use a Mail User Agent (MUA) like Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 (from your X-Mailer: header). Folks like those you listed post digitally signed messages, conforming to standards. They are doing things exactly right. Your MUA is

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-19 Thread Kenton Smith
I have to say that I have no idea what you are talking about, I never see any email as attachments. Could it be your email client or server (you're using Outlook Express apparently, so that could be it)? Kenton On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 12:27, VB wrote: NEVER open attachments Isnt this what we

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-19 Thread VB
PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-19 Thread Bennett Todd
2004-03-19T20:42:10 VB: Thanks for the info. i did open your attachment. Good for you! Now dont hurt yourself falling off your high horse. Not to worry. I did not write Outlook Express, perhaps your bitterness would be better off directed to those that did. You do, however, choose to use

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-19 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Friday, March 19, 2004 02:27:53 PM -0500 VB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NEVER open attachments So, why do these folks post attachments? Why is this even permitted? I would love to hear what these people have to say, but i cannot break my own rule to find out. Fine. I'll answer for them. It's

RE: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-19 Thread Frank Knobbe
On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 14:43, Staves, Steve wrote: I would like to second that motion. I never open attachments, especially on newsgroups etc as they are a prime target. No problem, that's yours (and VB's) choice. Just don't open anything we post. I don't have a problem with that. I'm not quite

Re: [Full-Disclosure] NEVER open attachments

2004-03-19 Thread Jimmy Mitchener
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am with everyone else when they claim you need to find a decent MUA. But regardless, I think you need to learn about a little friend of mine called SYSTRACE! I don't run anything I deem insecure without it (im clients, mail clients, firefox, any and