On Tuesday 30 April 2002 01:56, Robin Turner wrote: > On Tuesday 30 April 2002 00:13, Thomas Templin wrote: > [snip] > > > > --- I certainly want to make list participation as pleasant > > > as possible but I feel no responsibility of any kind if "your > > > hard drive is ruined". Indeed, I do not see why it is my > > > responsibility to protect you from viruses; I am not your > > > ISP. > > > > But you ar th maintainer of a mailing list which spreads > > viruses to a lot of users, which may not be as professional as > > you are. Due to my experience a lot/most users are not familiar > > with system administration. Especially Windows users. > > Well, even Windows users should know enough to install anti-virus > software. I sympathise with people who lose data because of > virii, but then that's a risk you take if you choose to run > Windows. And I seriously doubt that the kind of Windows user who > doesn't know how to install and run something like Norton > Antivirus would be up to installing LyX with CygWin! > > > > Viruses are just one of our problems: spam is the other. I > > > can safely say that the only way to tackle both if we > > > implement one of the two methods I described in my previous > > > email. So we have to make the usual choice between security > > > and convenience. > > > > Most of the spam mails was coded as HTML mail which could be > > blocked. Up to now I have not seen any spam mail going over > > this list which was not HTML coded. > > > > Sorry, but I have to disagree. > > Lyx List is the only one I know which don't filter theese > > attachments. > > Most list maintainers dont allow attachments and HTML mailings. > > Tools which allow a precise filtering of those trash can be > > found at freshmeat and savannah. > > Two problems here. While I prefer plain text mail, some people > have email accounts which insist on sending as HTML (sounds > stupid, but this issue has come up on a number of lists). Again, > the sensible precaution is to be taken by the user: if you don't > like HTML, whether as an indicator of spam or a bearer of > malicious code, just set your mail client to read everything as > plain text by default. If you really hate HTML, filter it out > yourself. The second problem is with filtering attachments - > it's frequently useful on a list of this type for people to be > able to attach LyX files. Filtering out certain types of > attachments (e.g. .exe, .bat) would of course be useful. We are talking about lyx-users list arent we? So would you please show me who insist on using HTML coded mail please.
BTW. You dont say a word that _lyx-users_ liust is spreading viruses. Its one thing if a virus comes from a Windows machine but it is an other if the maintainer of a list spreads them to all subscribers. And the list maintainer knows about techniques to avoid this but he dont care a bit. Have you ever heared of tools like amavis... bye, Thomas
