On Thu, Jan 21, 1999 at 11:01:50AM +0000, Marc Haber wrote:
> 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.
There's a patch for sendmail at:
ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/sendmail.8.9.1a.patch.README
(though this isn't sendmail's fault.)
> >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.
This list's subscriber list is open. (to subscribers, anyway.)
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Gerald Oskoboiny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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