On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 11:26:04 -0400 > From: Andrew C. Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Jakarta General List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jakarta General List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Proposal: Jakarta should protect community email addresses > > I'd be all of this if it would make a difference, unfortunately you're > barking up the wrong tree. I'm getting that virus/attachment to every email > address I have just about. I think it looks locally (user address book, > etc). That is exactly what happens with this particular worm. If your address is in the address book of someone who gets infected, not only do *you* start to receive the messages, messages with forged "from" headers with your name on them also go out. Then, the volume of messages is made worse by all of those "helpful" spam filters that catch the fact that the virus is included, and return a notification to the (forged) sender. Obscuring email addresses in the archives would have zero impact on this particular problem. Craig (just cleaned out about 300 of these from this morning's mail) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
