Jamin Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jan Schaumann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> > If the mailing-list does not filter this properly, there are 
> > a bunch of decently working procmail-recipes.  I put a three 
> > or so on http://www.netmeister.org/misc/SirCam.procmailrc
> > 
> > If you put these *before* the filtering into different 
> > mailboxes (if you do that, like me for mailing-lists), they 
> > will be junked.
> 
> While this is a some-what viable solution, it still downloads/receives the
> large unwanted traffic.  I think most everyone on this lists agrees that
> these viri infected messages are unwanted list traffic.  As such, they
> should be filtered by the list server prior to being sent to list members.

Of course.  Ideally filtering would take place on the mailing-list-side,
not the user side.  And while we're at it, could they also add a
Reply-To header to go back to the list?  Just my personal preference,
but I thought maybe some people agree.
-Jan

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Jan Schaumann 
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