From owner-freebsd-security Tue Dec 4 18:20:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from c007.snv.cp.net (c007-h000.c007.snv.cp.net [209.228.33.206]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E49DA37B417 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 18:20:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (cpmta 16913 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2001 18:20:23 -0800 Received: from 64.195.103.89 (HELO boethius.telocity.com) by smtp.telocity.com (209.228.33.206) with SMTP; 4 Dec 2001 18:20:23 -0800 X-Sent: 5 Dec 2001 02:20:23 GMT Received: by boethius.telocity.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DF0E822CE; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 20:20:22 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 20:20:22 -0600 From: Anthony Kim To: "Bruce M. Walker" Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One solution (Re: Mail list is posting gone virus!!!!) Message-ID: <20011205022022.GB31554@boethius.telocity.com> Mail-Followup-To: "Bruce M. Walker" , freebsd-security@freebsd.org References: <20011204161321.T92148@elvis.mu.org> <1007515952.3c0d7930e7a16@smg.borderware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1007515952.3c0d7930e7a16@smg.borderware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.2i Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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