From: Rasputin <rasputin@...>
Date: 2003-09-20T00:33:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Viruses

* ahoward <ahoward@fsl.noaa.gov> [0922 16:22]:
> On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Rasputin wrote:
> 
> > * Peter Hickman <peter@semantico.com> [0949 14:49]:
> > > Peter wrote:
> > > >I'm getting incredibly many virus warnings because of mails I get from
> > > >people I've never heard of. I'm pretty sure the reason is my recent
> > > >postings on this ruby mailing list. Could everyone with a windows pc
> > > >please check whether his or hers pc is infected with this virus.

> > > >  http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=helpCenter&hcName=swen

> > I've been getting around 1 a minute for the last twenty-four hours.
> > It's not specific to this list.
 
> me too.  any idea how to stop it?  i've just got filters in pine set up for
> now.  how anoying...

I think it depends how you get your mail.

I run a local mail server, because I enjoy that kind of thing. So
I'm installing exiscan with clamav to do content filtering.

That'll
	(spamlevel.isnt_too_high? "fix it once and for all" | "grind my server to death" )

While it's building, I'm doing simple filtering of all the mails with 
'critical' or 'microsoft' using procmail.

Saturday I'm off to VanFest in Malvern to buy a new VolksWagen bus.

On Monday I'm going to mail all the users in that folder and tell them
I am their bank manager, and can they send me their credit card 
details for verification.

Then I'm off to Cuba!

> > Next one liner contest is to send mails to all these users saying
> > 'try not to click on every attachment you get sent, stupid!'

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