We've had another round of virus discussions. I'd like to help clear up a few things. I got one this morning that APPEARED to come from KRnet, but in reality it came directly from a guy on KRnet who had my name in his address book because he'd replied to one of my messages at some point. Most of the viruses these days will "spoof" the return address using an address randomly chosen from the victim's address book, so you have no idea who it actually came from. Berating people for sending a virus to the list is a waste of time, as is contacting the guy that you THINK sent you the virus, because the return address on these things is rarely genuine.
The list refuses almost all attachments, and just in case some new variety comes along, it had better be under 20K to make it through the size filter. Most viruses are bigger than that. And I'll say it again, you're a complete idiot if you don't have some sort of anti-virus protection these days, AND keep it current! Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML at hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
