That's okay, I don't like kids all that well anyway. :-) -Jeff
-----Original Message----- From: Rodney Richison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 08:14 AM To: sambar List Member Subject: [sambar] Spam & Sambar {02} Seems like throwing out the baby with the bath water. Not a viable option. IMHO Highest Regards Rodney Richison ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Culbertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "sambar List Member" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 4:59 AM Subject: [sambar] Spam & Sambar {01} > Are HTML formatted e-mail messages a danger to your members? I think > so, since once in your members computer, they can do anything which a > web page can do. Think about it. We are all complaining about spam and > going nuts trying to minimize this scourge to e-mail. In the meantime, > the spammers are having a blast thinking up new ways to beat our > anti-spam methods. But more importantly, the hackers and whackers are > doing their worst to infect, damage and destroy your members > computers. > > I have observed that more and more spammers are using HTML formatted > messages and you can kill this e-mail simply by using a "global > routing rule" which says to "delete" mail in the "headers/body" which > "contains" "Content-Type: text/html" > > This simple fix will reduce the amount of spam coming into your system > and will stop the hackers in their tracks from doing their damage. It > will however prevent any mailer from sending HTML messages, even if > they are legit. The choice is yours. Comments, anyone??? > > Dave Culbertson ------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe please go to http://www.sambar.ch/list/
