Klez transmits only through email - last I kept up with things, some viruses had the ability to infect over web are still transmitted via email.
That means *webmail*, not a website.
Thanks,
Andrew
-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor Lauder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 4:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: (clug-talk) Website and Forum?
You don't think a website can give you a virus just as easy as through
email? The risks are relatively the same. The main reason that a mailing
list is more efficient then a forum is because I already have to check my
email, I don't have to go to another website or forum to get the
information I need, it's all in one place. I'm not against setting up a
forum but I can tell you that I won't visit it very much, not because I'm
trying to be difficult but because I don't have time. It's not about
trying to evade the newbies either, that is why I am here. Sure once in a
blue moon I may post a problem I am having but 99 percent of the time I
can solve the problem without resorting to asking for help on a mailing
list. The only reason I'm on the list is for the newbies, not trying to
evade them by not going to a forum. Honestly if someone wants my help,
from my free time then they can ask for help using the medium /I/ have
chosen to use. If I had time to go to the forums and read all the posts,
etc I would but life doesn't allow me that much time. People can go ahead
and use a forum, but I can guarantee you a lot of the people that will be
able to help you won't have the time necessary to visit it all the time,
you will get answers faster through email.
--
Trevor Lauder
Web: http://www.thelauders.net
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> And exactly how is a mailing list so efficient? With a graphic
> representation, I can skim the responses rather then watch my inbox fill
> up, filters or not.
>
> Also, I don't have to hunt to find the archives - the forum is the
> archive.
>
> Secondly, if on a forum I don't have to worry about someone getting
> Klez/etc. while having the mailing list in their address book.
> AntiVirus or not...
