Mike, My sincere thanks for all the effort you have put into maintaining this list. Kind regards, Tony
"M. G. Devour" wrote: > > Hello all, > > I've just completed some final tweaking of the list filter rules and > demonstrated successful filtering of executable attachments from > several test messages. > > There is *NO* guarantee that the filtering will work in every case, or > that there isn't still some gaping hole in the code I installed. > > Please continue to be careful of opening any attachment you receive in > e-mail, from the list or elsewhere. > > Configure your e-mail software *NOT* to automatically open or "preview" > such attachments, if possible. If it is *not* possible with your e-mail > program, consider changing to a different one that is more secure. > > Install virus scanning software and keep it current. > > No one here need feel guilty, nor hostile towards anyone other than the > perpetrators of the virus. We were all victimized by this situation. > > The MTX trojan and virus that we encountered is not even a particularly > nasty example of the breed. There was nothing to stop them reformatting > hard disks, broadcasting personal data everywhere, or any other sort of > mischief. In this sense, I think we were lucky. > > It forced me, finally, to update the protective measures for the list. > This required me to learn a whole 'nuther slug of arcane UNIX stuff, > which I'm sure will only serve to make me even more intolerable at > cocktail parties. > > I apologize once again that we had to suffer such an attack in order to > get me to tighten security. > > I've heard from most of those whose machines were infected that > they've managed to disinfect their systems. Anyone who has not been > able to repair their system, please let us know so we can assist you as > much as we can (hopefully not re-infecting us in the process!). > > Any messages that you sent to the list in the last two days have not > been forwarded. There were probably a couple dozen that came through. > Please re-post them when you get the chance. I will also be going > through the stack of sub/unsub requests that came in and were not > processed while the list was down. > > I'm immensely relieved to put the silver-list back into operation. The > responsibility I feel towards you all was never revealed as starkly as > when I turned it off in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. > > I thank all of you for your patience and encouragement during this > debacle. I hope we'll soon be back to normal. > > Welcome back, everyone! > > Be well, > > Mike Devour > silver-list owner > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > [mdev...@eskimo.com ] > [Speaking only for myself... ] > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
