Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] Virus warning

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From: "Dave Cramer" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 15:44:12 -0500
This of course is a can of worms I wish I hadn't opened at this point.
I'm not sure of the value of sending tarballs, capture files, etc to a
list. I for one don't want to receive unsolicited attachments on a list.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Harris [mailto:guy@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 3:23 PM
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] Virus warning


> It would probably be a good idea to block attachments on the list, 
> which effectively blocks virii

...and also blocks

	the sending of capture files;

	the sending of tarballs of source code;

	the sending of patches in a form where they won't get mangled by
	"helpful" mail software that wraps lines or replaces tabs with
	spaces;

by anybody who doesn't, for example, have access to "uuencode".

(Of course, *I* solve the problem of infected e-mail by not using any
software from Redmond, Washington, USA to read my e-mail - or any other
software that contains a programming language interpreter....)