From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 21:50:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 21:49:57 -0400 Received: from itvu-63-210-168-13.intervu.net ([63.210.168.13]:12423 "EHLO pga.intervu.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 21:49:42 -0400 Message-ID: <3B68B393.AA10733@randomlogic.com> Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 18:57:39 -0700 From: "Paul G. Allen" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: OT: Virii on vger.kernel.org lists In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Dr. Kelsey Hudson" wrote: > > On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Craig Milo Rogers wrote: > > > Better than that, simply strip all non-text MIME attachments, > > or bounce the messages containing them. End of story. > > That has the rather stupid effect of also killing gzip/bzip2ed patches > that come to the list. Survey says: BZZZZZT! > IMHEO, they should be placed in a repository, not sent to the list. But then, who am I to say? :) PGA -- Paul G. Allen UNIX Admin II/Programmer Akamai Technologies, Inc. www.akamai.com Work: (858)909-3630 Cell: (858)395-5043