Awesome, thanks for confirming. I guess my client just doesn't like large messages then.
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 20:55 To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] jim's nfl football - Josh K Hi John, the message in question seems to be virus and malware free. It appears to be just a huge log file of Jim's NFL from what I can tell. On 8/9/15, john <jpcarnemo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi list, > I just received an email from "Josh Kennedy" (not Josh k - this may be > important), with a listed size of about 1100 kb, and subject something to > do > with "jim's nfl football" (I deleted the message, and don't have the exact > line anymore). > As soon as I tried to read the message my mail client went ballistic; > fully > loading up my processor and sending memory usage through the roof (fellow > nerds that's 400mb). I'm not sure if this was just the world's largest > game > log file, or if it was something more sinister, but I'd advise anybody who > got the message to avoid opening it. > > I'm hoping that this really was just a bad decision to send an ungodly > large > log through email and not some kind of virus on list, but given the way my > machine reacted I figured it'd probably be best to post an alert about it > just in case (if you do open the message, killing my mail client seems to > have fixed the issue). > I'd also note that I'm not trying to accuse anybody here - rather to offer > a > note of caution and a request that we try not to post logs that're larger > than a bunch of novels put together. > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
