Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 08:10:12 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Parag Dabke" <paragdabke@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please delete mail with subject 'Homepage' Message-ID: <15098.37684.723415.348635@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <16090212@toto.iv>
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Parag Dabke <paragdabke@hotmail.com> types: > I received this virus from list 'questions@freebsd.org'. > Is it possible to have virus check for the mailing lists. Yes, it's certainly possible. But discussing viri - including mailing around sample copies - is well within the list charter, so it wouldn't be a good idea. You might consider running virus checks at your end. Disabling the ability for your mailreader to automatically execute code sent from an untrusted source is also a good idea. If your mail reader is well-designed, you'll be able to execute the code via a command to the mail reader after examining the code, so you won't lose any functionality. If your mail reader isn't well-designed, then poor security is the price you're going to pay for continuing to use it. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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