Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Nov 27, 2005, at 6:02 AM, Bob Shell wrote: >> >> On Nov 27, 2005, at 8:38 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >>> I'm running Mac OS X. I just looked at all the PDML digests I've >>> received since Monday (110 of them) and see no attachments of any >>> kind. Nothing has triggered any of the virus warnings I've got on >>> my system so far. >>> >>> How would I know if any of these digests had a virus in them? >> >> No attachment, no virus. Looks like your ISP or e-mail client is >> stripping away attachments, as it should. > >Neither my ISP nor email client application (Mail.app) are stripping >attachments.
I think, as someone pointed out earlier, Doug's list software strips out all attachments, so it should be pretty much unable to distribute viruses. I just got a "PDML Digest" even though I'm not a digest subscriber. Came from the PDML IP address, so... Here's what I think is happening: Someone on the list is infected and the virus is sending to all the addresses in his/her address book, *including* the digest subscription addy. These viruses also use fake "From" addresses - which are also grepped from the victim's address book. So whenever one goes out to the list server with your address in the From line, you'll get something like this (with no attachment). -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
