At 01:12 AM 1/29/2004, Ray wrote: >On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, John Hebert wrote: > > > > I may know A and B and they > > > might all trust an attachment from me, but none of > > > them are sure to know each other. > > > > Maybe you aren't aware of the huge numbers of emails > > being sent. I've read estimates of 1 out of 12 emails > > sent during this worm infestation are MyDoom. Odds are > > some _will_ know each other, at least enough to > > propagate. I think the actual extent of the > > propagation shows that it is working. > >You guys are really under estimating the stupidity of lots of email users. >Trust has nothing to do with it! You get an attachment, you open it. >Period. We've had users mailing postmaster asking why the mailserver >stripped this attachment, and wanting us to send another copy so they can >open it. I'd love to reply and say 'Your email account has been revoked >because you're a moron.' > >I don't think the email user base is growing that drastically anymore. >It has to be the same people that keep opening these virii... Will they >never learn? Is there any hope for mankind?
Why did they use "technical error" subject lines and such lame subject lines as "Hi"? Don't they realize that half the world must be price-shopping for "get herbal ____" and "make your ___ bigger" pills? Oh, I got it. They were afraid of calling the wrath of the spammers down upon themselves...
