Re: [newbie] OT: A Virus Plague
On Saturday 23 Oct 2004 12:27, Erylon Hines wrote: I just put them in my missed_spam folder and run an sa-learn on them (I use spamassassin as my spam filter). After I did that a few times, 90+% of them are tagged as spam and go to the trash. Worked for those bounced virus messages from mail servers, too. I use PopFile, and as a matter of interest some time ago I started to collect virused emails into a separate folder (PF labels them virused, and KMail filters them to the folder). On the rare occasions that one escapes PF's notice, it re-classify it then delete it, but keep the other, quarantined, mails so that I can use them as a teaching resource to inform win users. This month looks like being a bumper month. I have 41 dated this month in my folder so far. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] OT: A Virus Plague
Hi guys, This past week or so, I have been mailed a number of virus attachments. Usually with only a smiley face in the message body. These have caused no problem as they are Windows viruses (viri?) and I only ever download my mail under Linux - learnt the necessity for that the hard way a few years ago. What I'd like to ask here is can I do anything? i.e. make a report to some body which can arrange for the perpetrators to be crucified without the benefit of broken legs or at least get their accounts closed. (It goes without saying that the addresses are spoofed). It is a kind of spam, so could I perhaps get spamcop or similar orgs interested? Advice anybody? Cheers, Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT: A Virus Plague
On Saturday 23 October 2004 01:40 am, Graham Watkins wrote: | Hi guys, | | This past week or so, I have been mailed a number of virus attachments. | Usually with only a smiley face in the message body. These have caused | no problem as they are Windows viruses (viri?) and I only ever download | my mail under Linux - learnt the necessity for that the hard way a few | years ago. | | What I'd like to ask here is can I do anything? i.e. make a report to | some body which can arrange for the perpetrators to be crucified without | the benefit of broken legs or at least get their accounts closed. (It | goes without saying that the addresses are spoofed). | | It is a kind of spam, so could I perhaps get spamcop or similar orgs | interested? Advice anybody? | | Cheers, I just put them in my missed_spam folder and run an sa-learn on them (I use spamassassin as my spam filter). After I did that a few times, 90+% of them are tagged as spam and go to the trash. Worked for those bounced virus messages from mail servers, too. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
