Re: speaking of viruses

Judy.
You are not in control of this list so back off !!

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> On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Richard Knoppow wrote:
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>> .... The worm messages run 142 or
>> 156 kb each to it doesn't take a lot of them to fill the
>> mailbox and cause it to send error messages. The rate of
>> these has fallen off to maybe fifty a day so they are
>> managable. Earthlink absolutely refuses to filter them at
>> server level. They are either very stupid or very good at
>> pretending to be stupid.
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> Another reason folks should't send attachments to the list -- we have to
> leave room for the viruses. Not to mention the spam -- unless they're the
> same thing? Spam Assassin has been very effective in cutting down my
> spam, from about 50 to only 1 or 2 a day. I don't know if that will cut
> out the Microsoft "patch" (tho you surely do), but if Earthlink won't, can
> you get your own?
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> Also on topic for the list -- somehow folks who subscribed to the list
> using the correct listserv address and protocol, try to "unsubscribe" by
> just sending that message to the list, repeatedly.... So could folks who
> haven't done that yet take note? It doesn't work. Well, I suppose it does
> work in that eventually someone will advise them offlist, or Gord may even
> step in. But, tsk tsk.
>
> And something off topic: an interesting article in yesterday's NY Times
> Circuits section about the "oops" factor in inflation -- it seems banks
> and other large companies tack items for obscure "services" & the like
> onto their bills. When you call to protest, they *say* ok it's removed,
> but it isn't, & can remain for a very long time if not forever. Since your
> call takes ca 25 minutes, they count on your giving up. I read this as I
> was about to visit my bank to say their charge for a stop check order was
> in error. They promised to remove it.
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> But I was going around the corner anyway for some ingredients, so I
> figure it was only 10 minutes.
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> cheers,
>
> Judy
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Received on Fri Dec 5 17:44:20 2003