Re: Yes, send-pr results in virus emails

2004-01-28 Thread Ceri Davies
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:12:02AM -0800, Tim Kientzle wrote: > Leo Bicknell wrote: > >In a message written on Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 01:47:57PM -0600, Brandon D. > >Valentine wrote: > > > >>I'm afraid there's not much that FreeBSD can do about this. All PRs are > >>forwarded to the public freebsd-

Re: Yes, send-pr results in virus emails

2004-01-28 Thread Tim Kientzle
Leo Bicknell wrote: In a message written on Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 01:47:57PM -0600, Brandon D. Valentine wrote: I'm afraid there's not much that FreeBSD can do about this. All PRs are forwarded to the public freebsd-bugs mailing list ... There's no reason the sender address needs to go to the mail

Re: Yes, send-pr results in virus emails

2004-01-28 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 04:38:54PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > No, you need to realize that spam will happen no matter how careful > you are, and take appropriate countermeasures. Wearing a seatbelt and defensive driving are not mutually exclusive. -- Leo Bic

Re: Yes, send-pr results in virus emails

2004-01-28 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Leo Bicknell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That is, the sender address could be stored in the PR database, > visable only to those who can change the status of a PR (I assume > they have some password protected web/e-mail interface). The PR database is distributed worldwide through cvsup. > While

Re: Yes, send-pr results in virus emails

2004-01-28 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 01:47:57PM -0600, Brandon D. Valentine wrote: > I'm afraid there's not much that FreeBSD can do about this. All PRs are > forwarded to the public freebsd-bugs mailing list and on any public > mailing list there are inevitably n > 1 Microsoft clients su

Re: Yes, send-pr results in virus emails

2004-01-27 Thread Brandon D. Valentine
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 01:58:20PM -1000, Clifton Royston wrote: > > I don't think there need be any more doubt that PRs are being > forwarded to virus-infected clients. I'm afraid there's not much that FreeBSD can do about this. All PRs are forwarded to the public freebsd-bugs mailing list an