Actually it would be a bit of a pain to remove all exe's for those of us that occassionaly use email to transmit patches etc. I'd rather an opt in approach to these sorts of things so mail can be filtered or not as the payee chooses.
Regards Rob T > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Robson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 1 October 2003 4:43 AM > To: SLUG > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Training Spamassassin's Bayesian classifier > > > My ISP has just implemented the new policy of removing all M$ > executables. > Zipped files are still ok. The result is heaven; my email > downloads much > fazster and the daily viruses have stopped. The idea that > .scr and .pif and > .bat files are all executables is farcical. Worse still, many > newbies have > their file extensions switched off (it's the default!!) and > so when they get > AnnaKornikova.jpg.scr they can't see the .scr and they think it's an > essential picture for viewing. > > Let's hope all ISPs act to discard these Windows executables > asap. I have > passed on your comments to my ISP. > > Down the track, this will mean an upsurge in .doc files > carrying viruses > again. But think about this - if you were the CIO of a large > company, do > you really think that documents and spreadsheets should be > executable in any > way whatsoever? I think the answer is NO, documents should > be just passive > data files by definition. Excel 3 was a passive spreadsheet > and the format > is safe to this day. The idea that data files can execute on > opening is a > frill that can easily be done away with. There should be a special > corporate version of M$ Office that does not execute macros, > and it should > be heaps cheaper too, to make up for all the mayhem and > inconvenience caused > by the current version. > > The problem for OpenOffice and the like is being bluffed into playing > catchup and being told it's not as good as Redmond yet. The quest for > endless frills is dangerous, the need for macros has already passed. > > Brian > > At 04:28 PM 30/09/03 +1000, you wrote: > >> Seriously though, I don't think SpamAssassin is the right > tool to stop > >> viruses. Try amavisd-new + clamav on your mail hub. I did that a > >> couple of weeks ago and it's blocked every one of them. I've been > >> comparatively lucky though - I've only received about 35 copies. > >> > >True Spamassassin is not the right tool in stopping viruses. > >But what I do is run anomy with spamassassin. I stop all windows > >executable files from entering my sites. We have implemented the rule > >the only way windows files will be allowed into our network > is by way of > >zip or gz file. It doesn't stop viruses but it will minimise > the chances > >of an executable file from entering any site I have administered. > >Including this with amavisd or clamav you would have one decent mail > >filtering system. :) > >Remember nothing is 100% > >Regards, > >Kevin Saenz > >Spinaweb > >I.T consultants > > > >Ph: 02 4620 5130 > >Fax: 02 4625 9243 > >Mobile: 0418455661 > >Web: http://www.spinaweb.com.au > > > >-- > >SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > >More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > > > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > ************************************************************* This mail, including any attached files may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended receipient (or authorised to receive information for the recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. ************************************************************* -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
