Post #128,289
12/1/03 1:07:35 PM
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Er...
"again." ?
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #128,295
12/1/03 1:20:03 PM
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Well, sucky tho it is.
I at least used to trust my OWN system! Now one is a mouse click away from a clean-up mess. It's just stupid! What is being DONE about it? Why don't the freemail systems NAIL this thing on the server level??
-drl
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Post #128,434
12/2/03 2:11:52 AM
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Uh, because they can't?
Either they are not programmed to filter out the worms, or there is no support for a plug-in that can do it for them.
I suppose Spam Assassin can do it for them, but not everyone runs it. They should.
"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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Post #128,441
12/2/03 3:53:51 AM
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Well, I do.
My Exim server drops mail with attachments that are deemed unsafe (you can't mail me an .EXE, for example) and SpamAssassin tags (and safely encapsulates) spam BEFORE it gets to my mailbox. If I were so inclined, I'd run ClamAV too.
All this stuff is server side. No user intervention required.
Peter
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Post #128,443
12/2/03 4:03:50 AM
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Re: Well, I do.
Nice - so why can't Yahoo and Hotmail do this?
I think MS is trying to hush up the magnitude of this thing. It's stunning how pervasive these worms are. tftp is the world's top-rated process at this point, nosing out cron by a factor of 10 to 1. OK I made that up.
-drl
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Post #128,630
12/3/03 12:28:57 PM
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I'll tell you why...
Pop Quiz Hotshot!
You are SBC/Yahoo and you sell your users' email addresses and vital statistics to Spammers. Would it be in your best interest to block all Spam?
Of course it wouldn't, as SBC/Yahoo also likes to Spam their own users with advertising. So they make their Spam Filters very weak, and move any Spam it finds to the Bulk Folder instead of deleting it. I'll bet their NAV 2003 hasn't even been updated to catch the latest worms, so they also end up going to your inbox or bulk mail folder.
"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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Post #128,631
12/3/03 12:29:26 PM
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So ditch 'em.
Run your own server.
Beg/borrow/buy an account from someone who does.
There are alternatives.
Peter
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Post #129,168
12/5/03 3:33:00 PM
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I've tried
I had my normad.com server up and running using a public domain email program. Problem is my ISP started blocking server protocols like POP3, SMTP, WWW, Telnet, etc so I had to quit.
I am not sure where else to go, everyone else wants money to host accounts and I am dirt poor. I already pay for DSL and am locked into a contract. I am sure if I paid for a static IP they would stop blocking server access, but I cannot afford that either.
"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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Post #129,228
12/6/03 2:25:18 AM
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Do you EVER stop whining?
Peter
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Post #129,232
12/6/03 2:41:22 AM
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Do you ever lay off? (new thread)
Created as new thread #129231 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=129231|Do you ever lay off?]
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