Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 20:20:22 -0600 From: Anthony Kim <niceshorts@yahoo.com> To: "Bruce M. Walker" <bmw@borderware.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One solution (Re: Mail list is posting gone virus!!!!) Message-ID: <20011205022022.GB31554@boethius.telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <1007515952.3c0d7930e7a16@smg.borderware.com> References: <C1EC3AA970F8D311BA4D0050BAB07BA870491B@nhex1101.cologic.co.nz> <20011204161321.T92148@elvis.mu.org> <1007515952.3c0d7930e7a16@smg.borderware.com>
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On Tue, Dec 04, 2001, Bruce M. Walker wrote: > > May I refer you to: DEMIME http://scifi.squawk.com/demime.html > which can easily be added to majordomo thus eliminating several > problems at once: useless attachments stripped (including > viruses, v-cards and Microsoft formatting crud), HTML mail > turned into plain text, much bandwidth wastage eliminated. > > Other lists use this or a similar tool; eg: one or two of the > openbsd lists. Very effective! You're right. It is very effective. But it also eliminates mime-encapsulated pgp signatures and I know a lot of people send attachments by way of patches and such. It would prove to be an interesting sociological experiment to watch however. -- "Le motd juste." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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