[ale] Once again, how about a virus scanner on the mailing list server?

[James Sumners]

I don't understand what you said.


On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 09:45:30 -0600, ChangingLINKS.com
<groups at changinglinks.com> wrote:
> On Saturday February 19 2005 09:09, James Sumners wrote:
> > If emails were innoculated before they are put in the ale at ale.org
> > outgoing queue then such a thing would not occur.
> 
> We want it to occur.
> 
> This is the only mailing list that I have ever been on that forwards viruses
> and spam. The irony is that there is more technical talent (and help) on this
> list than most (if not all) of the others.
> 
> However, by forwarding viruses we cement our "anti-Microsoft" position, and by
> forwarding spam we highlight an area that members should secure on the client
> side. We have reached a point where even the "whitelist only solution" fails.
> <Presiding attitude>
> "If you can't secure your local computer, you are on the wrong list! -
> "You signed up for the list, deal with it!" It's Zen: "The true path to
> security is insecurity." It's unifying: "Nobody walks here, sir!" (And, my
> all time favorite:) "The solutions you propose are a waste of time."
> </Presiding attitude>
> 
>     "What it is"
> It is not a matter of
> the time it takes to change the code,
> the overwhelming skill of spammers,
> or the inability of the administrators.
> 
> Purely, it is a desire to be different.
> 
> "We" chose the path less traveled . . .
> 
> . . . . and *that* made all the difference!
> --
> Wishing you Happiness, Joy, and Laughter,
> Drew Brown
> http://www.ChangingLINKS.com

-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
CH:D 59