Bill -
It's not only the Ceberus doggie that won't allow vbscript-like text in the
messages. I've had the dubious pleasure of being swamped with email replys
from the Marshmellow man - oh I mean the McAfee _Mailmarshall_ antivirus
whatever - containing dire wanings about virus i my emails. This happens,
when I put snippets of _MapBasic_ code in my message. Not as an attachment,
but as a part of a plain text message. As a result, I have stopped replying
to questions about MapBasic from the list - at least, where the reply would
have to contain MapBasic code. I'ts not funny, when you have to delete a
multitude of virus warnings from the inbox ...and being told, in no
uncertain terms, that your eagerly awaited MapBasic answer has been dumped
in the great big BitBucket in the sky... :-(
regards
Bo Thomsen
GeoConsult I/S
Denmark
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Bill Thoen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sendt: 16. april 2001 21:10
> Til: MapInfo-L
> Emne: MI-L To everyone at adas.co.uk
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Scanning of this message and attachments reveals that it contains a
> virus.
> >
> > Messages containing viruses are not accepted by ADAS not sent out to the
> internet. This message has been deleted.
>
> You folks at adas.co.uk (and a few others) might not be aware of
> this, but every MapInfo-L message that contains certain examples
> of mapbasic code is being screened and deleted by the
> three-headed dog guarding the gates of whatever kind of hell you
> are in (your MIS dept.'s pet, Cerberus). It sees mapbasic as
> VBscript and interprets that as a virus. Obviously it's not a
> virus (we strip attachments off here before mail goes out), but
> in case you were wondering what all the barking was about inside
> your mail server, and why you aren't getting all your MapInfo-L
> mail, now you know. (see nice image of the doggie at
> http://www.vampyra.com/demons/cerberus.htm. Note how easily it
> lets Dante and his guide pass!)
>
> - Bill Thoen
>
>
>
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