well, I tried... Is it worth having in the filter statement place? Or is the size limiter the only thing that really makes a difference? Learning (as usual) the hard way.... John ........................... ........................... On 10/10/00 at 5:14 PM the talented Nathan Brindle offered the following discourse in a most eloquent manner: >As Pete noted earlier, this would not have made a difference in this case. > >On Tue, 10 Oct 2000 16:38:44 -0400 John L. Mottl said: >>I believe that this was posted here eariler. The "filter" causes listserv >>to remove any and all attachments. >> >> >>Attachments= No, filter >> >>........................... >>........................... >>On 10/10/00 at 3:31 PM the talented Alex Rudd >>offered the following discourse in a most eloquent manner: >> >> >>>Greetings... >>> >>>Someone posted a virus to one of my lists, POLICE-L, yesterday. >>> >>>LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU is running LISTSERV(R) for NT 1.8d and I do >>>have Attachments= No in the list header. Still, this one >>>slipped through. I'd love to know why and/or whether there's >>>anything (else) that can be done to prevent it from happening >>>again. >>> >>>My first thought was that it wasn't really an attachment (for >>>lack of boundary). But this is in the message header: >>> >>>Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="Very Funny.vbs" >>>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >>>Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Very Funny.vbs" >>> >>>Also, a number of subscribers reported that their anti-virus >>>programs snagged the post, and they even snagged the DIGEST >>>messages containing the post. >>> >>>Rather than include the entire message here (where it would >>>only cause further concern), I've thrown it up here: >>> >>>http://members.home.net/lists/police-lpost.htm >>> >>>What you see there is exactly what I got when reading the >>>post here in my VM account. >>> >>>Obviously, my subscribers are concerned. Any advice on what I >>>can tell them? >>> >>>Has anyone else dealt with this before? Is this the first time >>>someone has seen an attachment that doesn't act like an attachment? >>> >>>Thanks. >>> >>>- Alex, list owner of POLICE-L [log in to unmask] >>>.................................................................... >>>Alex Rudd [log in to unmask] ARS KA2ZOO >>>{Standard Disclaimer} http://www.police-l.org/ >> >>and that is what Alex Rudd said. >>........................... >>........................... and that is what Nathan Brindle said. ........................... ...........................