Re: explanation of the noise (was Re: Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.)

2003-08-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 07:23:08PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 00:12:20 +0100 > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Newsflash: they are. They're just not perfect, unfortunately. > > I am aware of that. I just wonder why, for example, we're getting > asian spam here

Re: explanation of the noise (was Re: Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.)

2003-08-20 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 08:16:26PM -0400, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: > > Because your average /var/log/XFree86.0.log is longer than 2K ;-) > > Don't send it as an attachment - inline it. Malware must be sent as an > attachment - information can be p

Re: explanation of the noise (was Re: Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.)

2003-08-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 10:03:46AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 21:46:29 -0400 > Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For your sanity, I recommend using a bayesian filter[1] and training it > > to recognize such noise as spam and filter the spam into a junk > > buc

Re: Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.

2003-08-20 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:26:09PM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > What's with all these messages today? Consequence of the worm? I don't know, but I recommend everybody report them normally as spam, I think if they discover announcing to the world

Re: explanation of the noise (was Re: Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.)

2003-08-20 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 15:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A very old and worn out discussion is: why not make the lists subscriber > only? > > Is there another reason other than too much traffic? > > As for too much traffic, what I have done is subscribe, post requesting > to get a Cc: and then

Re: explanation of the noise (was Re: Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.)

2003-08-20 Thread moseley
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 10:31:58AM +0200, Nicos Gollan wrote: > On Wednesday 20 August 2003 04:10, Carl Fink wrote: > > How about this list silently discarding (or bouncing) all messages > > that contain attachments over 2K? (Exception there to cover PGP > > signatures.) > > Because your average

Re: explanation of the noise (was Re: Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.)

2003-08-20 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 04:10, Carl Fink wrote: > How about this list silently discarding (or bouncing) all messages > that contain attachments over 2K? (Exception there to cover PGP > signatures.) Because your average /var/log/XFree86.0.log is longer than 2K ;-) -- Got Backup? -- To UNS

Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.

2003-08-19 Thread NAVMSE-LEELA
Recipient of the infected attachment: LEELA, First Storage Group\Archived Mailboxes (LEELA), Valhouli, Christina/Inbox Subject of the message: Re: Your application One or more attachments were quarantined. Attachment your_document.pif was Quarantined for the following reasons: Virus [EMAIL

Re: explanation of the noise (was Re: Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.)

2003-08-19 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:46:29PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > For your sanity, I recommend using a bayesian filter[1] and training it > to recognize such noise as spam and filter the spam into a junk > bucket. How about this list silently discarding (or bouncing) all messages that cont

explanation of the noise (was Re: Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.)

2003-08-19 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:26:09PM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: | What's with all these messages today? Consequence of the worm? Some people have really broken/misconfigured software in their mail chain. That software notices the worm, then figures it is a good idea to shout "I FOUND IT! I F

Re: Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.

2003-08-19 Thread Peter S Galbraith
What's with all these messages today? Consequence of the worm? NAVMSE-LEELA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recipient of the infected attachment: LEELA, First Storage > Group\Archived Mailboxes (LEELA), Valhouli, Christina/Inbox > Subject of the message: Re: Re: My details > One or more attachmen

Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.

2003-08-19 Thread NAVMSE-LEELA
Recipient of the infected attachment: LEELA, First Storage Group\Archived Mailboxes (LEELA), Valhouli, Christina/Inbox Subject of the message: Re: Re: My details One or more attachments were quarantined. Attachment application.pif was Quarantined for the following reasons: Virus [EMAIL PROT

Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.

2003-08-19 Thread NAVMSE-LEELA
Recipient of the infected attachment: LEELA, First Storage Group\Archived Mailboxes (LEELA), Valhouli, Christina/Inbox Subject of the message: Re: Your application One or more attachments were quarantined. Attachment document_all.pif was Quarantined for the following reasons: Virus [EMAIL P

Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.

2003-08-19 Thread NAVMSE-LEELA
Recipient of the infected attachment: LEELA, First Storage Group\Archived Mailboxes (LEELA), Valhouli, Christina/Inbox Subject of the message: Re: Details One or more attachments were quarantined. Attachment movie0045.pif was Quarantined for the following reasons: Virus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wa

Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.

2003-08-19 Thread NAVMSE-LEELA
Recipient of the infected attachment: LEELA, First Storage Group\Archived Mailboxes (LEELA), Valhouli, Christina/Inbox Subject of the message: Re: Wicked screensaver One or more attachments were quarantined. Attachment your_document.pif was Quarantined for the following reasons: Virus [EMAI

Norton AntiVirus detected and quarantined a virus in a message you sent.

2003-08-19 Thread NAVMSE-LEELA
Recipient of the infected attachment: LEELA, First Storage Group\Archived Mailboxes (LEELA), Valhouli, Christina/Inbox Subject of the message: Re: Thank you! One or more attachments were quarantined. Attachment your_document.pif was Quarantined for the following reasons: Virus [EMAIL PROTEC