someone spamming with viruses may just sniff unencrypted mails to haverst adresses. thanks for hint.
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:14:05 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry, > > I forgot about the *inux world. And no, the virus hasn't come from > me, rather someone who is on this list and has my email address. I > use a web based email client, running off an AS/400, so the MS crap > dosen't affect me either. > > I wasn't stating that the emails/viruses were being populated > through the list. All I know is that I'm receiving emails from people > I have never communicated with. The latest one came with an identical > subject, attached file, and alledging it was from > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I realize the list strips all attachments. It would be my professional > opinion that the propagator of these messages is subscribed to this > list. The whole purpose of this post was to hopefull alert people to > check there own system, and possible find out if others are receiving > the same problem. > > Jacob Hoover > > -----Bill Cassady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ----- > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Bill Cassady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 08/21/2003 01:35PM > cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Attention everyone on the list.... > On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Subject: Attention everyone on the list.... > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from text/html by demime 0.99d.1 > > > > Hello List, > > > > I would just like to take a minute to alert everyone to an issue > > I've noticed. Somebody who is a member of the list has a virus or a > > worm. > Jacob- > You want to alert *everyone* ? > Please realize that not everyone on the list is susceptible to the > Microsoft viruses and worms presently circulating, and those that are > susceptible are in no better position to do anything about it, knowing > or not knowing that *someone* has an infection. > Furthermore, whatever Microsoft infections are spreading these days, > they are NOT spreading through this particular list, since it strips > all attachments, and even renders html submissions harmless by > converting them to plain-text. See, for instance, the X-Converted > header on your own message (above). > >In the past two days I have received 40 or 50 crap emails with > > nasty things attached. Lucky for me our Symantec Email gateway has > > politely removed the nasties. > My sympathies. But none of these originated from this list. > This is not to say that the virus did not get your e-mail address from > list messages stored on your computer if you have posted to this > list. But that would be *YOUR* problem, created by your choice to run > Microsoft. > > My suggestion to everybody would to be polite and do a virus scan on > > your local pc. > > > > Jacob Hoover > My suggestion to you, if you are sufficiently annoyed by these > problems, is to connect to Internet with a more sturdy operating > system. > -Bill > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
