"Ailes, Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It IS amazing how testy some people can be this early in the week.
I admit to being stressed this week (due to a pending office move). I
apologize for calling you a moron :-).
> 1.) The attachment was a ".pl" file which will be immediately blocked by
> our exchange groupshield installation.
It was a text/plain attachment. If your MTA (or MUA) does not know
the difference between a MIME type and a file extension, then it is
broken and you should get rid of it.
> 2.) I saw no indication that Groupshield sent it's reply to the entire
> list, that was done by you Patrick.
True, sort of. The header of the autoreply was:
From: "GroupShield for Exchange (UNIT800)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ALERT - GroupShield ticket number OA304_1035300252_UNIT800_3 was
generated
To: "'Patrick J. LoPresti'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Note the "To" line, which sure looks like it was sent to the whole
list. In fact, I suspect it was, but the message did not go through
because "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is not a subscriber.
Regardless, the autoresponder is broken. All I did was "follow up"; I
did not address my response by hand.
> 3.) I'm surprised the list server allows distribution of scripts in this
> manner.
Not only does it allow such distribution, but the archive separates
the attachments into nice clickable links:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/Threaded/perl-win32-admin
> 4.) Next time take a few moments to collect your thoughts and then take a
> deep breath and "let it go".
Point taken.
Nevertheless, you should fix your MTA. Filtering text/plain
attachments is just silly, and putting extra recipients in the "To"
line is broken.
- Pat
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