Some viruses just scan the user's inbox for e-mail adresses. That means that
if you are used to signing your e-mails with your e-mail address you already
are vulnerable.


-FrankL

-----Original Message-----
From: Liz Marr [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 12:49 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [LSTOWN-L] Backdoor_nk.svr virus


How effective would it be to have the list options "Reply-To= List,Ignore"
when dealing with a virus like this?  Too bad the list can't be set up to
remove the sender address completely.

On 15 Jun 2001, at 14:49, Jacob Haller wrote:

> >Why wasn't the virus sent to the list address?  (We were ready for
> >that:  we lowered the max. message size to 180 lines).  Is there
> >anything we can do (with the LSOFT listserv options) to MAKE a virus
> >send it to the list address next time, instead of sending off-list
> >contaminated messages?
>
> No.  That's under the control of the author of the virus, who
> unfortunately doesn't appear to be inclined to make things easy for
> list owners.  ;-)


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