On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 20:45:42 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
>virus sent via a mailing list. Are there any email programs which
>automatically decode and run attachments without human intervention?
>... Sounds like something only a Micro$oft programmer would do. Is
>there any way to get a virus via email without some significant
>clueless efforts on the part of the recipient?
There is a way to have arbitrary code executed on the client computer
with HTML and a buffer overflow happening in some M$ and Net$cape mail
clients. I believe that there are security fixes available.
I have my mailing lists set in a way that they neither accept HTML nor
attachments.
>On a tangential note, I noticed a significant increase in my spam rate
>shortly after my recent postings to list-managers. I hope it's only a
>coincidence.
I have started to receive spam to my list address that I only use for
mailing lists. I suspect that there is a "open" majordomo somewhere
out there. No idea where.
Greetings
Marc
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