Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-27 Thread Filip Van Raemdonck
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 11:08:50PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote: > > Or maybe MS could get out of the habit of hiding file extensions. > > ... but those file extension thingys are just too confusing! How am I > supposed to know what they mean? The computer should just do what I want! s/I want/M\$ want

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-27 Thread Filip Van Raemdonck
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 11:08:50PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote: > > Or maybe MS could get out of the habit of hiding file extensions. > > ... but those file extension thingys are just too confusing! How am I > supposed to know what they mean? The computer should just do what I want! s/I want/M\$ wan

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 11:08:50PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote: > I don't think the warning that macros could be virii actually achieves > anything. Users just hit the "Yeah, whatever" button and get infected > anyway. Hitting those buttons becomes a reflex with no thought at all. Well, at least they

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 11:08:50PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote: > I don't think the warning that macros could be virii actually achieves > anything. Users just hit the "Yeah, whatever" button and get infected > anyway. Hitting those buttons becomes a reflex with no thought at all. Well, at least they

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-26 Thread Aigars Mahinovs
Hello Mark, Tuesday, July 24, 2001, 2:41:53 PM, you wrote: > FWIW, I get virtually no spam through my debian.org e-mail address which > is what appears on that page. Me too (aprx. 2 a week) that is if for a moment we forget about all that spam that the mailing lists have been getting lately :(

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-26 Thread Aigars Mahinovs
Hello Mark, Tuesday, July 24, 2001, 2:41:53 PM, you wrote: > FWIW, I get virtually no spam through my debian.org e-mail address which > is what appears on that page. Me too (aprx. 2 a week) that is if for a moment we forget about all that spam that the mailing lists have been getting lately :(

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-26 Thread Sam Couter
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, Word and Outlook warn you if you open a file with macros that > the macros may be viruses. Outlook could look for attachments which > have executable extensions and do the same thing. I don't think the warning that macros could be virii actually

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-26 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 07:58:22PM +0200, Christian Kurz wrote: > > Would you think MS would release an Outlook update that would address this > > in some way? It's not exactly a new trick. > > Update for which part exactly? The biggest problem are still the user > who either click on every attach

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-26 Thread Sam Couter
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, Word and Outlook warn you if you open a file with macros that > the macros may be viruses. Outlook could look for attachments which > have executable extensions and do the same thing. I don't think the warning that macros could be virii actuall

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-26 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 07:58:22PM +0200, Christian Kurz wrote: > > Would you think MS would release an Outlook update that would address this > > in some way? It's not exactly a new trick. > > Update for which part exactly? The biggest problem are still the user > who either click on every attac

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-25 Thread Christian Kurz
On 01-07-25 Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 01:55:34AM +0200, Andreas Bombe wrote: > > I got two already to my home email and one through my debian.org > > address, all from different people. Now it's funny to see just how far > > this one is spread already (I never got that many v

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-25 Thread Christian Kurz
On 01-07-25 Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 01:55:34AM +0200, Andreas Bombe wrote: > > I got two already to my home email and one through my debian.org > > address, all from different people. Now it's funny to see just how far > > this one is spread already (I never got that many

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-25 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 12:57:36AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > > FWIW, I get virtually no spam through my debian.org e-mail address which > > > is what appears on that page. > > > > I am getting a W32.Sircam virus attachment every few hours through > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is beginning to drive

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-25 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 12:57:36AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > > FWIW, I get virtually no spam through my debian.org e-mail address which > > > is what appears on that page. > > > > I am getting a W32.Sircam virus attachment every few hours through > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is beginning to drive

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-25 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 01:55:34AM +0200, Andreas Bombe wrote: > I got two already to my home email and one through my debian.org > address, all from different people. Now it's funny to see just how far > this one is spread already (I never got that many virus mails in such a > short time span), b

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-25 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 01:55:34AM +0200, Andreas Bombe wrote: > I got two already to my home email and one through my debian.org > address, all from different people. Now it's funny to see just how far > this one is spread already (I never got that many virus mails in such a > short time span),

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-25 Thread Christian Surchi
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 01:55:34AM +0200, Andreas Bombe wrote: > I got two already to my home email and one through my debian.org > address, all from different people. Now it's funny to see just how far > this one is spread already (I never got that many virus mails in such a > short time span), b

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-25 Thread Christian Surchi
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 01:55:34AM +0200, Andreas Bombe wrote: > I got two already to my home email and one through my debian.org > address, all from different people. Now it's funny to see just how far > this one is spread already (I never got that many virus mails in such a > short time span),

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-24 Thread Andreas Bombe
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 08:29:09AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 12:41:53PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > > FWIW, I get virtually no spam through my debian.org e-mail address which > > is what appears on that page. > > I am getting a W32.Sircam virus attachment every few hour

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 08:29:09AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > FWIW, I get virtually no spam through my debian.org e-mail address which > > is what appears on that page. > > I am getting a W32.Sircam virus attachment every few hours through > [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is beginning to drive me nuts

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-24 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 12:41:53PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > FWIW, I get virtually no spam through my debian.org e-mail address which > is what appears on that page. I am getting a W32.Sircam virus attachment every few hours through [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is beginning to drive me nuts. They're comi

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-24 Thread Andreas Bombe
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 08:29:09AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 12:41:53PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > > FWIW, I get virtually no spam through my debian.org e-mail address which > > is what appears on that page. > > I am getting a W32.Sircam virus attachment every few hou

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 08:29:09AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > FWIW, I get virtually no spam through my debian.org e-mail address which > > is what appears on that page. > > I am getting a W32.Sircam virus attachment every few hours through > [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is beginning to drive me nut

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-24 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 12:41:53PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > FWIW, I get virtually no spam through my debian.org e-mail address which > is what appears on that page. I am getting a W32.Sircam virus attachment every few hours through [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is beginning to drive me nuts. They're com

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-24 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 12:38:52PM +0200, Ludovic Drolez wrote: > I'll soon apply to become a Debian maintainer, and I have a question > related to the email address I should use. > As all emails are listed at http://www.debian.org/devel/people , I'm afraid > of receiving spam. Should I use a free

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-24 Thread Martin F. Krafft
also sprach Ludovic Drolez (on Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:38:52PM +0200): > As all emails are listed at http://www.debian.org/devel/people , I'm afraid > of receiving spam. Should I use a free email account like 'ldrolez at > hotmail.com' > or my lifetime email 'ludo at drolez com' ? um, your clear text

About NM, email and spam

2001-07-24 Thread Ludovic Drolez
Hi ! I'll soon apply to become a Debian maintainer, and I have a question related to the email address I should use. As all emails are listed at http://www.debian.org/devel/people , I'm afraid of receiving spam. Should I use a free email account like 'ldrolez at hotmail.com' or my lifetime emai

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-24 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 12:38:52PM +0200, Ludovic Drolez wrote: > I'll soon apply to become a Debian maintainer, and I have a question > related to the email address I should use. > As all emails are listed at http://www.debian.org/devel/people , I'm afraid > of receiving spam. Should I use a fre

Re: About NM, email and spam

2001-07-24 Thread Martin F. Krafft
also sprach Ludovic Drolez (on Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:38:52PM +0200): > As all emails are listed at http://www.debian.org/devel/people , I'm afraid > of receiving spam. Should I use a free email account like 'ldrolez at > hotmail.com' > or my lifetime email 'ludo at drolez com' ? um, your clear tex

About NM, email and spam

2001-07-24 Thread Ludovic Drolez
Hi ! I'll soon apply to become a Debian maintainer, and I have a question related to the email address I should use. As all emails are listed at http://www.debian.org/devel/people , I'm afraid of receiving spam. Should I use a free email account like 'ldrolez at hotmail.com' or my lifetime email