Hello Jason,
Thursday, July 3, 2003, 7:45:31 PM, you wrote: JH> On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 10:29:47PM -0400, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: >> So, no rant from me, but I *do* think the list admin (or the admin of >> the system that hosts the list) should be making every attempt to block >> virii from this list. JH> And who will pay for the software? They don't need to pay for software. All they need to do is use the settings on the existing FREE software that runs this mailing list. That's my point. It would take 2 minutes, at most, to change the settings so that mail over a certain size can't get through without a moderator check - say 40 or 50K. That setting is on the FIRST page of the administrative menu, and it would stop most internet worms from getting through. The average bonafide email to this list is under 10K. The worm in question has a file size of 115K, so even a very high threshhold would have stopped it. The sad thing is that this really should have been done in the original set up, so there shouldn't have to be a need to do it later. Anyone with any experience at all running a mailing list ought to know this. The problem isn't that "something ought to be done". The problem is that this mailing list was set up carelessly to begin with. -Abigail ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
