On Saturday 15 September 2001 9:04 pm, you wrote:
> On Saturday 15 September 2001 21:35, Tom Badran wrote:
> > > One of the headers from your message:
> > >   X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2.3]
> > >
> > > One of the headers from an Outlook Express message:
> > >   X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200
> > >
> > > Seems to me if you can filter based upon headers unfettered, you send
> > > OE posts to the bit bucket. One mailing list I am on traps all incoming
> > > messages from any post that arrived via a Road Runner mail server. Road
> > > Runner runs on M$ garbageware that upchucks a lot of trash. The admin
> > > doesn't like that garbage getting through to subscribers, so he acts as
> > > moderator on rr.com posts.
> >
> > Thankyou, now at least i know what i have to filter based upon, it
> > shouldnt be too hard to implement, at least with the outgoing server
> > anyway.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
>
> If you really intend to do this, I would suggest that you craft a poignant
> error message,
>
> "Your mail from the Microsoft Outlook Express Virus Transportation System
> has been refused by this server.  Please consider switching to Netscape,
> Eudora, Pegasus, or changing your OS to something less vulnerable."
>
> At least that can keep irate users occupied with switching to something a
> little more secure.
>
> Civileme

Very nice, would help get my point across :) <hope>Hell, maybe even make 
everyone use linux</hope>
-- 
Tom "Tomahawk" Badran
Department of Computing, Imperial College

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