On Wednesday 21 November 2001 20:11, Josh Everist wrote: > Well I can take responsibility for the messages from > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', however if the Debian User mailing > list didn't send out viruses in the first place, there > wouldn't be the automated reply.
I think you mean outlook express 5; not the Debian user mailing list. The mailing list is simply doing what it's supposed to. Oh, I see what you're getting at, so is outlook express. Geesh why didn't I think of that way in the first place. > > The same goes for the YODA messages. > > In all honesty I've merely kept up with my software and virus > updates and don't actually know why my software automatically > responded. Thank you for protecting us. > > However, if there were no response, it wouldn't be nearly as > obvious that the email from [EMAIL PROTECTED] was viral. > > So, if there's any way the mailing list can filter out the > viruses in the first place, you won't see the automated > messages. At any rate I hope people go after the real > culprit(the sender of the virus) and don't take it out on us. > > Josh Everist So what you're saying is it's not your responsibility what you post to the list. That makes sense. I guess you could just think of it the same as someone forgetting to remove mailing lists from their vacation/holiday auto-responder. Geesh, why didn't I think of that way in the first place. Well, you impressed me with the first half of the first sentence, after that you blew it. Jesse
