Could try a separate folder and using rules to segregate FD emails. There really arent *that* many emails, I mean, compared to nearly insane volume of ntsysadmin or activedir.
On Dec 11, 2008, at 1:54 AM, - o z - wrote: > > > Hi everyone! > > Is it just me, or is it normal for everyone else *not* to usually see > the entire exploit notification, e.g., > subject line in client: > > [Full-disclosure] [ GL** #####-0* ] Critical Squirrel Meat Timer v. > 371117a Threat to Earth and All Inhabitants > > '(cut > off right about @Meat Timer) [date]' > > What has happened over time (10+ years) is that while average desktop > space has grown, font real-estate > has shrunk. Way more stuff is on-screen. We're bombarded with even > more info, some of it critical, and yeah, > maybe some of us like to keep current 'cause we live & breath infosec > and have to "kill -s netdev 666" just to > make sense of it all sometimes. Belay that, nothing, nothing makes > sense there...makes my orange > run like clockwork. That's it! > > Using an informal survey method, most of my peers display FD the same > way....critical version info is usually obscuficated > (or it's something else dearly important...say what you want...the > community is creative with names). > > It would be easier on the eyes and achieve a better productivity > metric for my capitalist oppressors if the sub. line read: > > [Full-disclosure] Warning goes here xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [good > job, now put your name/date thingy here, right here!] > > When my FD mailbox has 1000+ messages, many of them pertaining to > software I'm responsible for, it would make > it easier if the subject line devoted as much space possible for the > 'sploit...first....followed by the author's naming convention. > > Credit will be remembered no matter what, since if it affects you, it > will be opened. If it's been a long night or day, > whoa, it's easy to overlook something I shouldn't. Right now it's > like, "Wow, that was some exploit I saw by > 'insert name here and date' -- sure wish I could have read it at one > glance, damn..." > > Somebody might be screaming, "Dude, change your settings" -- and > they're right. I should and do...but still have the same > issue, on a variety of clients -- increasing available subject line > space helps, regardless. Some org. ID's rent *16!* > characters in the subj. line, and the last five can be a real bitch, > i.e., "v.371117" -- etc..... > > Maybe some of 'ya think this is persnickety, and hell, it might be, > it's just the 'best job, least amount of time thing.' > It just makes more sense to me is all, quite unlike my apparent > deteriorating cognitive & grammatical abilities. > > -oz > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > > > -- > If this email is spam, report it here: > http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6ODEwMzcxNTM5OnBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D > > > THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL > AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS > INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, > COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. > IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY > NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT > FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
