On 8/10/2010 2:59 AM, Jacqui Caren-home wrote:
Udo Rader wrote:
On 08/07/2010 05:40 AM, Dennis Carr wrote:
On Fri, 6 Aug 2010, junkyardma...@verizon.net wrote:
See Zip Attachment
I assumed this was a infection generated zip file...
I certainly had no intention of looking at it and from the
email profile it would have been bounced by work systems as
"too risky".
Q: Does *anyone* post zip files to this mailing list?
Yes, zip files are allowed on this list and are not terribly
unusual.
But if the entire description is something like "check this
out", only the most foolish^Wadventurous will actually open them.
I see no reason why anyone would want to as most sensible
folks tend to upload code and log snippets to an ftp/web site
and provide a link.
On this list it's customary to post log snippets and code
references in-line so people trying to help don't have to
search all over to find needed information. Large attachments
-- such as a tcpdump recording -- are frequently zipped;
nothing wrong with that.
But the original announcement from this thread should have
been a description of the project purpose, with a link to more
information and the code.
So would it be sensible/possible to reject any list posts that
include zip/bin/exe/scr/pif/... attachements?
Your server, your rules; reject whatever you want. Postfix
announcements will be text-only, so you are unlikely to miss
anything terribly important. But zip files are not always evil.
Jacqui
-- Noel Jones
