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On 11-01-2007 at 09:28, Basil Chupin wrote: Dominique Leuenberger wrote:

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On 11-01-2007 at 00:13, "Fred A. Miller" wrote: Microsoft Fixes Four Security Holes

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Microsoft released three security patches for its prevalent Office line of software and one for the Windows operating system on Tuesday, fixing holes that could let an outsider take control of an unwitting victim's computer. Two of the Office vulnerabilities and the Windows hole were deemed critical, the company's highest threat level.

See the Full Story: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/55082.html

Is it only me?

What makes people believe that a reader of the opensuse.org Mailinglist should be by any means interested in what security holes Microsoft fixes in their products? Does this affect me as a openSUSE user? I don't think so.

So please people. Keep this list on the topic of what it is. People being interested in the MS Products and their failures will subscribe to a list where such things are discussed and announced. Otherwise the next one will start to post that a car company is putting a new break system in his car...

While I understand your point you must also become aware that many people run Windows programs inside a Linux distro so information like

the one above is not all that irrelevant to readers of this forum.

Cheers.

Basil, I completely see that other users (and besides, even me) also run different products, from different manufacturers. But still, I believe, that a forum / mailinglist should stay on it's topic. Or I can start to forward all the security advisors (even for some linux products like samba and whatever... which, IMO, would be MORE on the topic of this list)... but I'm sure nobody wants them. To be informed on the products you need / use, subscribe to the respective information channels of this very product. Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 21:10 +0200, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:

Dominique Leuenberger wrote:

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On 11-01-2007 at 09:28, Basil Chupin wrote:

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Microsoft Fixes Four Security Holes <snip>

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To be informed on the products you need / use, subscribe to the respective information channels of this very product.

Hear hear. This list is NOT anyones discussion forum to discuss anything off topic (OT). If they want to do that they are welcome to join the OT list, to which thankfully, people who want to learn and improve their knowledge are normally not subscribed too.

That was really uncalled for. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Thursday 11 January 2007 07:15, Kenneth Schneider wrote:

On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 08:18 +0100, Dominique Leuenberger wrote:

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On 11-01-2007 at 00:13, "Fred A. Miller"

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Microsoft Fixes Four Security Holes ------------------------------------------------------------

Microsoft released three security patches for its prevalent Office

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of software and one for the Windows operating system on Tuesday,

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holes that could let an outsider take control of an unwitting

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computer. Two of the Office vulnerabilities and the Windows hole

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deemed critical, the company's highest threat level.

See the Full Story: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/55082.html

Is it only me?

No it is not only you. Fred apparently has little else to do then bash MS everyweek on this list. This is why I have added his address to the filters and outright delete his email postings. I seem to remember him being asked by several people to keep the postings on the OT list but it makes no difference.

Fred probably accidently put it on this list. He's been keeping them on the OT list pretty damn well lately, so I'd wager it was just an accident. Heaven forbid you ever make a mistake. -- Calling an illegal alien an 'undocumented worker', is like calling a home intruder an 'unwanted houseguest'. Knowing the geography of Europe is useless...the Europeans are giving it all away to the Arabs anyway. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Dominique Leuenberger wrote:

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On 11-01-2007 at 00:13, "Fred A. Miller" wrote:

Is it only me?

No. Do it like me and add Fred A. Miller to your KILL file (incoming mail filter in politically-correct new-speak). He is obnoxious and does not respect this mail list's policy at all. Thus none of his ramblings are worth reading, he is a troll. And, please, *DON'T ANSWER* to his postings. Then those of us who do already kill all of his postings, won't see the thread at all. Thank you for your cooperation, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org