The Wednesday 2004-03-31 at 21:38 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Wednesday 31 March 2004 20.41, Carlos E. R. wrote:
they are just trying to cope with the malware that was making to the list and got broadcasted.
and the difference between now and before is...?
Before, not all attachements were removed - for example, in the security list, none: and the viruses got broadcast. Now, emails are scanned for viruses and removed. This solution has been implemented for all lists the same, as far as I know.
Before, the attachments were stripped and the harmless but annoying text was sent on. Now the attachments are stripped and the harmless but annoying text is sent through together with a few extra bytes informing people that yes, this is (or was) indeed a virus. Yippee yay-o kay-yay
Beacause this list has had the policy of removing attaches, but not every suse list had. Now, they simply have implemented the same new scanner for all suse lists - and I think that happens before it gets to the list server itself. It was quite "interesting" to see virus mails been sent by the list server to the security list - complete, with the load intact. Also, on this list, I have received ezmlm responses asking if I wanted to unsusbscribe - for example - together with a virus atachement. That was certainly not nice to receive from a company like suse... This solution is new, so people noticing problems should report them to the list-owner, IMO. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson