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Subject: Re: Virii on vger.kernel.org lists
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:50:18 -0500
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Totally irrelevant.  As long as the other people those messages get sent
to have their act together, the problem dies there.  If not, then the
morons responsible for maintaining the clients and mailservers that will
still allow this to happen get taught a lesson, don't they?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Stirling" <root@mauve.demon.co.uk>
To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: Virii on vger.kernel.org lists


| >
| > |  > No. If you look carefully, you would be surprised at how many
| > |  > are using OutlookSExpress to handle their email.
| > |  > Of course in case of Viruses using OE security bugs, we all are
| > |  > seeing the distilled evil.
|
| > Of course, non of the common "holes" in OE are left unfixed.  People
| > should be responsible to update their mail clients.  People using
| > Windows (like me) should also be responsible to maintain current
virus
| > software themselves, rather than leaving that job to the mail
server,
| > which seems like an unfair burden on the mail server to me.
|
| Not everyone has control of the system they can post from.
| Some IS departments are poor at keeping systems secure, but still
| won't let users touch them.
|
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