From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 27 18:34:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A122216A4CE for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:34:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from geekpunk.net (adsl-19-200-95.bna.bellsouth.net [68.19.200.95]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E004143D62 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 18:34:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bandix@geekpunk.net) Received: from localhost.my.domain (taran [127.0.0.1]) by geekpunk.net (8.12.8p1/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i0RJlwuA047970; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:47:58 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bandix@geekpunk.net) Received: (from bandix@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id i0RJlvaD047969; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:47:57 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:47:57 -0600 From: "Brandon D. Valentine" To: Clifton Royston Message-ID: <20040127194757.GV16440@geekpunk.net> References: <20040126135820.E20430@tikitechnologies.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040126135820.E20430@tikitechnologies.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Yes, send-pr results in virus emails X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 02:34:23 -0000 On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 01:58:20PM -1000, Clifton Royston wrote: > > I don't think there need be any more doubt that PRs are being > forwarded to virus-infected clients. I'm afraid there's not much that FreeBSD can do about this. All PRs are forwarded to the public freebsd-bugs mailing list and on any public mailing list there are inevitably n > 1 Microsoft clients subscribed. When using send-pr please always set the email address in the originator field to a fully qualified address at which you will actively read mail now and in the future. Filing a PR from a throwaway address on a box you are using to test mail server software might mean that in the future when that machine and that email address are gone, someone going through the PR database with a similiar problem will not be able to contact you to ask about your solution. If you are reading responses to your PRs at your standard email address, just train your Bayesian spam filter to throw away virus emails and you'll never even know you're receiving them. Virus emails are an unfortunate fact of life on the big bad internet, you'd better get used to them. HTH, Brandon D. Valentine -- brandon@dvalentine.com http://www.geekpunk.net Pseudo-Random Googlism: texas is bigger than it used to be