[cod] Attaching EXEs to listmail...
Andre Lorbach
alorbach at ro1.adiscon.com
Mon Nov 22 10:42:31 EST 2004
Attachments "can" make sense, like a screenshot for example.
But sending an .exe file to the list is :ugly: lol
delta
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin [mailto:info at winnetou.nl]
> Sent: Montag, 22. November 2004 16:21
> To: cod at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [cod] Attaching EXEs to listmail...
>
> Isn't it possible for you to block the sending of emails with
> attatchment instead?
> Seems a lot better solution to me.
>
> Ryan C. Gordon wrote:
>
> >
> > Someone sent a copy of Putty (the Windows ssh client) to the COD
> > mailing list as an attachment. Please do not do this!
> >
> > 1) Sending an .EXE almost always means virus-compromised system, so
> > many mail servers will just block them, period.
> > 2) There're hundreds of people on this list. Most are Linux admins,
> > and either already have, or don't want, a Windows version of SSH.
> > 3) There're hundreds of people on this list. I pay for the
> bandwidth
> > to send each of them an unsolicited copy of Putty.exe.
> >
> > Ideally if you need to send these sort of things to
> everyone, you put
> > them on a webserver, and send the URL to the list. If you
> need to send
> > it to one person, then email still isn't the best option in many
> > cases, but please, send it to just that one person.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --ryan.
> >
>
>
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