On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Erik Sandberg wrote: > > MK> c) reject every mail containing attachments other than .ly or .png. > > Hm.. but this will not help once there are worms based on .ly :) > > > * I just received a Bagle.C message apparently from me (well, from my > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] self) on the closed-post development list. This happened > > despite the fact that the list is closed-for-posting and I work on an > > UltraSPARC machine where Microsoft software does not run. > > That's weird.. you mean that you were not infected by that worm? Then, where > did those messages come from?
Many viruses these days forge the from address... > > * The specific suggestion to block ZIP files will close the current > > pathway by which some requests for help are sent. The standard response > > to a user whose message has been blocked because it is too large is to > > suggest that she or he ZIP the file demonstrating the problem and send > > it as an attachment. Are we, as a group, ready to say to someone needing > > help "You need to reduce your problem to one that will fit into XXX bytes"? > > How about this: zip files are rare, but sometimes useful. A solution that is > nicer than forbidding all zip (,exe,pif,doc..) files, could be to filter out > all messages with suspicious content. Then all such messages would have to be > approved by a list moderator before getting to the list. > > (and yes, I know Han-Wen and Jan have better things to spend their time on > than approving messages.. but I'm sure there's some person on the list > willing to act as a co-moderator) > > Erik > > > > _______________________________________________ > Lilypond-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > Tyler Eaves "No swimming in the heavy water, or singing in the acid rain" - Rush, "Distant Early Warning" _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
