On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 10:01:32AM -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote: ... | Finally, that same spam had a 191KB JPG attachment (gaah) that was labeled | application/octet-stream. I know there are a number of UAs that tag any | file they don't recognize as octet-stream, but most MUAs know about the | obvious image types -- mislabeling an image would seem to be a good spam | (or virus) indicator.
Yeah, MS Outhouse is a virus that is clearly indicated by that test.
MS Outhouse sends _all_ attachments as octet-stream, including *plain
text*! It's a real PITA.
(though maybe it's just the "Express" version that does it)
-D
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Like a gold ring in a pig's snout
is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
Proverbs 11:22
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