On Thu, 24 May 2001 11:32:15 +0000, Ron Clarke wrote:
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> Sadly, I have to debug my daily mail download before I open any of
> them. Anti-virus progs don't seem to be able to pick the virii while
> they are still encoded for email transport. Anything suspicious, and I
> look at the *.cnm file with a text editor first, before I open it, even
> in Arachne. Yes, I know that most of them are 32bit-Windows-only virii, but
> one can never be sure.
> We live in a jungle.
There is no need to do this when using Arachne.
Even if by some chance you get a Dos virus as an attachment.
Linking to the attached file *will not* run it.
The attached file will simply be saved to disk (in the directory of
your choosing, with the name of your choosing).
This makes it very easy to run a virus checker on just that one file.
The only possible way of being contaminated by simply "clicking" the
attachment is if you have uncommented this line in mime.cfg......
;file/.exe |@$1
--
Glenn
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