I admit good clarification and your mail is also a good clarification. Is the List Mod. more interested to expell members rather clarifying the matter or not to answer in a well organized manner? Is the mailing list really a BAPER SAMPATTI of Indranil, as stated by a member of ilug-cal?
regards anindya On 9/8/05, Prashant Verma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <LISTADMIN_NOTIFICATION> > Please set your mailer's posting parameters for ILUG-Cal as text/plain. > This was posted as text/html. > </LISTADMIN_NOTIFICATION> > > > Hi Anindya, > > A couple of points: > > a)There are lots of hoax emails out there. Ranging from the one about > Microsoft paying out money if their email is forwarded to the most number > of > people, to the one about the Class 12 student in Haryana who developed an > OS > of his own (not to say it's not possible :-). It is possible to detect such > hoaxes by checking on certain sites (one of which was posted by Indranil). > > One problem with hoaxes is that it floods the emails of people > unnecessarily. For example, I have received emails on the MS money making > scheme and the "O-Yes" OS :-) developed by the class 12 guy at least a > dozen > times. And every time I wish I hadn't received it, cause it takes my time. > If a hoax is sent out on a mailing list of 1500+ people, then the annoyance > value is amplified. > > If there is a way to verify a virus threat before sending it out, it ought > to be done, it will save a lot of people a lot of inconvenience. I bet, > sysadmins who receive virus threat emails would definitely want to verify > whether it is true, and it takes up their time unnecessarily if it is a > hoax. So, if you can save some time of people, it is considered good > etiquette to do so. > > So, I would think that if such alarmist messages are received, especially > ones that say "Please send it to everyone you know, and his brother", then > verification of that email is a must! Hoaxes will almost always ask you to > forward the email to the most no. of recipients bacause that's how they > propagate. > > b)All said and done, this is a Linux list. And as you said the line between > what is or is not Linux or whether something could be or could not be of > interest to Linux users is a little blurred. And here is where your > judgement comes in. Exercise it. > > Thanks, > Prashant Verma > > On 9/8/05, Linux Lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >=20 > > Thank you soumya for your explaination. I was not getting the > > explaination from anybody else. You know very well that we can open a > > power point presentation from Linux. Am I right? So, how it becomes a > > off topic? Can anybody give a gurantee that the hoax will not convert to > > a virus or a threat after a certain time period? Is it then be called as > > hoax? Who can say the file will not contain some harmful codes. > > Moreover, there are a lot of students and professionals who use MS > > products also. What is the harm if they come to know of the fact via > > this platform? Tell me clearly, who feels that it is a propaganda to use > > MS products or like that? Is it so? So, how it becomes a off topic > > thread when it can be opened using open source products? How it becomes > > a off topic if the file may contain some harmful codes written in java > > or in c++? How it becomes a off topic thread if the harmful codes are > > targetted for linux boxes? Who can say it cannot harm your computer only > > by corrupting your MBR? There are a lot of examples of such platform > > independent codes which can go through a process to harm your computer. > > So, what is wrong if I aware you not to open such files. Hope you have > > looked my sturcture of sentenses and it was targetted for those who MAY > > find it useful. If somebody do not find it useful, he may and he is free > > to bypass the message. Is it at all useless? I got a reply from you who > > find it as useful info. This is my intension regarding the message, so > > that nobody of our friend circle do not fall in trouble created by some > > bad codes. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
