Hello Theo, Wednesday, February 4, 2004, 3:13:19 PM, you wrote:
TVD> I was thinking about this this evening -- I think we should just drop this TVD> rule, and the appropriate standard code that looks for it. It's not an TVD> indicator of spam, and if people want anti-worm rules, people can write TVD> plugins that look for this kind of stuff. TVD> Any objections? I can understand the philosophy behind this, but as an end user, one who would normally not be able to write my own rules (I'm limited to user_prefs on the mail servers), I suspect I also would not be able to write my own plugins (do correct me if I'm wrong about that). Yes, viruses, worms, and trojans are not spam, but they are mass mailings we don't want. My mail servers don't do automatic anti-virus scanning, and I don't have the authority/privilege to implement any there. I have no method of blocking any of this unwanted mail at the server except through SA, and MICROSOFT_EXECUTABLE is the major tool I use for this (score at 15 of 9). Therefore I'd much rather keep this rule than lose it. Bob Menschel
