On Sunday 29 February 2004 16:37, Erik Sandberg wrote: > > MK> c) reject every mail containing attachments other than .ly or .png. > > Hm.. but this will not help once there are worms based on .ly :)
This will only be a problem if using .ly or .png automatically invokes a program that the worm can exploit (to propogate itself). Many users, especially those with Outlook, simply have .zip, .exe, .pif, .bat and .scr files automatically opened on receipt of mail. > > > * I just received a Bagle.C message apparently from me (well, from my > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] self) on the closed-post development list. This happened > > despite the fact that the list is closed-for-posting and I work on an > > UltraSPARC machine where Microsoft software does not run. > > That's weird.. you mean that you were not infected by that worm? Then, > where did those messages come from? I have received some emails, supposedly from myself. It's called spoofing - a form of electronic impersonation (or identity theft). Nothing wierd about it. The program opened reads the user's address book, composes a new email to random people on the address book and make them appear to be from other random people from te address book. As far as I know, this can happen easily in Outlook and a few other MS-based mail programs. As far as I know it does not happen if a) you don't open the attachmenyt or b) you use a unix/linux mail client. > > * The specific suggestion to block ZIP files will close the current > > pathway by which some requests for help are sent. The standard response > > to a user whose message has been blocked because it is too large is to > > suggest that she or he ZIP the file demonstrating the problem and send > > it as an attachment. Are we, as a group, ready to say to someone needing > > help "You need to reduce your problem to one that will fit into XXX > > bytes"? Does the Lilypond Wiki support uploads? If so, then use that as a method to post support filers and block ALL attachments to this group/list. > (and yes, I know Han-Wen and Jan have better things to spend their time on > than approving messages.. but I'm sure there's some person on the list > willing to act as a co-moderator) /Hans _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
