We have the same problem. DO NOT USE the email map link on the page
Copy and paste the link/url into an email or email link directly from the browser to the user. The url contains all the info for creating the map. ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [Declude.Virus] I do not think this should of failed. > > >A soccer club sent an email regarding the location of soccer practice. > >Declude appeared to catch it because of a yahoo map link to the soccer > >fields. It would seem to be a common practice for someone to use a map link > >for directions. Copy of logfile below. > > > >How do we prevent this from happening in the future? I do not have any > >clout with Yahoo so I doubt I could get them to change their nomenclature. > > Unfortunately, filenames longer than 256 characters are very unsafe. If > Yahoo chooses to use filenames greater than 256 characters, they need to > understand that their E-mails are going to be blocked. It sounds like > Yahoo just changed their file naming system. > > Note that it is fine for them to have a *link* that is longer than 256 > characters, it is only the filename that has the problem. In this case, > the filename was > "overviewmap_OVMAPDATA=Ypg91eR32XWTWSco9NwX6snk0KVRpsRh.tpax9mLk" followed > by at least > 158 more characters. > > In general, if the average person isn't going to be able to type a filename > without making a typo after a few tries, it shouldn't be used as a filename. > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers > since 2000. > Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in mailserver > vulnerability detection. > Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > *Scanned for viruses by Declude Virus* > > *Scanned for viruses by Declude Virus* --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
