Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-26 Thread Jim Osborn
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 10:21:24AM -0700, James Frye wrote: If spam - even spam without worms viruses - is getting spread by the list server, it's far more likely to get read by people who see Lyx in the title, and so think it's good stuff. Since so many seem confused by these things,

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-26 Thread Jim Osborn
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 10:21:24AM -0700, James Frye wrote: If spam - even spam without worms viruses - is getting spread by the list server, it's far more likely to get read by people who see Lyx in the title, and so think it's good stuff. Since so many seem confused by these things,

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-26 Thread Jim Osborn
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 10:21:24AM -0700, James Frye wrote: > If spam - even spam without worms & viruses - is getting spread by > the list server, it's far more likely to get read by people who see > "Lyx" in the title, and so think it's good stuff. Since so many seem confused by these things,

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 02:50:01PM +0200, Katrin Pietzsch wrote: hi list, no lyx-related question this time. i'm just wondering about a mail i got today and another one by the same sender. Since it doesn't make much sense to me, i'm wondering whether this mail is truely related to lyx/

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Jeannette Meyer
Hi Katrin, Looks like sobig-f, this new virus/worm trying to spread via e-mail. See e.g. http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100561.htm. Jeannette On Monday 25 August 2003 15:50, Katrin Pietzsch wrote: hi list, no lyx-related question this time. i'm just wondering about a mail i got today and

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
That looks like the sobig.f worm. Don't double-click on the attachment, if you are reading the email on a Windows machine. The worm comes in an attached .pif or .scr or .exe file of about 99K bytes. ---Kayvan On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 02:50:01PM +0200, Katrin Pietzsch

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Katrin Pietzsch
Just curiosity: am I the only one who received this mail? According to the mail header it was addressed to the list, otherwise i wouldn't have posted the topic here. Katrin

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread James Frye
Well, a lot of us, I think. If spam - even spam without worms viruses - is getting spread by the list server, it's far more likely to get read by people who see Lyx in the title, and so think it's good stuff. James On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 05:18:52PM

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Kayvan A. Sylvan wrote: That looks like the sobig.f worm. Don't double-click on the attachment, if you are reading the email on a Windows machine. The worm comes in an attached .pif or .scr or .exe file of about 99K bytes. Was there really an attachment (I don't have

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 02:50:01PM +0200, Katrin Pietzsch wrote: hi list, no lyx-related question this time. i'm just wondering about a mail i got today and another one by the same sender. Since it doesn't make much sense to me, i'm wondering whether this mail is truely related to lyx/

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Jeannette Meyer
Hi Katrin, Looks like sobig-f, this new virus/worm trying to spread via e-mail. See e.g. http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100561.htm. Jeannette On Monday 25 August 2003 15:50, Katrin Pietzsch wrote: hi list, no lyx-related question this time. i'm just wondering about a mail i got today and

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
That looks like the sobig.f worm. Don't double-click on the attachment, if you are reading the email on a Windows machine. The worm comes in an attached .pif or .scr or .exe file of about 99K bytes. ---Kayvan On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 02:50:01PM +0200, Katrin Pietzsch

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Katrin Pietzsch
Just curiosity: am I the only one who received this mail? According to the mail header it was addressed to the list, otherwise i wouldn't have posted the topic here. Katrin

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread James Frye
Well, a lot of us, I think. If spam - even spam without worms viruses - is getting spread by the list server, it's far more likely to get read by people who see Lyx in the title, and so think it's good stuff. James On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Andre Poenitz wrote: On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 05:18:52PM

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Kayvan A. Sylvan wrote: That looks like the sobig.f worm. Don't double-click on the attachment, if you are reading the email on a Windows machine. The worm comes in an attached .pif or .scr or .exe file of about 99K bytes. Was there really an attachment (I don't have

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 02:50:01PM +0200, Katrin Pietzsch wrote: > hi list, > > no lyx-related question this time. i'm just wondering about a mail i > got today and another one by the same sender. Since it doesn't make > much sense to me, i'm wondering whether this mail is truely related to >

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Jeannette Meyer
Hi Katrin, Looks like sobig-f, this new virus/worm trying to spread via e-mail. See e.g. http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100561.htm. Jeannette On Monday 25 August 2003 15:50, Katrin Pietzsch wrote: > hi list, > > no lyx-related question this time. i'm just wondering about a mail i > got today

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
That looks like the sobig.f worm. Don't double-click on the attachment, if you are reading the email on a Windows machine. The worm comes in an attached ".pif" or ".scr" or ".exe" file of about 99K bytes. ---Kayvan On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 02:50:01PM +0200, Katrin

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Katrin Pietzsch
Just curiosity: am I the only one who received this mail? According to the mail header it was addressed to the list, otherwise i wouldn't have posted the topic here. Katrin

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread James Frye
Well, a lot of us, I think. If spam - even spam without worms & viruses - is getting spread by the list server, it's far more likely to get read by people who see "Lyx" in the title, and so think it's good stuff. James On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at

Re: spam-mail?

2003-08-25 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Kayvan A. Sylvan wrote: > That looks like the sobig.f worm. Don't double-click on the attachment, > if you are reading the email on a Windows machine. > > The worm comes in an attached ".pif" or ".scr" or ".exe" file of about 99K > bytes. Was there really an attachment (I