On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 10:50 -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 04:46:04PM +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > > > from the web or receive it through email, your computer will refuse to > > execute it until you explicitly give it "execute permission". This > > makes it impossible to accidentally get a virus while reading your > > email. > > Well, no. Most email viruses are scripts executed by the mailer. If you > have a script-executing mailer there's no reason it couldn't execute a virus > under Linux.
Very true. It's just that Unixish MUAs Aren't That Stupid. And, filesystem permissions would limit the damage to user-owned files. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate vegetables!" unknown
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