Question for Matt

Is anybody else getting around 50-100 e-mails a day from this new #@$%@# worm? It's driving me nuts! (Yarrrr...)

Matt: Is it possible to set the virus software on the server to kill entire messages that contain viruses, rather than just strip the viruses? I almost never get valid e-mails that just happen to have a trojan on board. I know it's possible, especially within company e-mail systems or when using Outlook (bleah), but it's fairly rare these days. Besides, simply deleting these messages would probably save considerable hard drive space if it were a server-wide rule.

Posted by martin on 8/26/03 at 3:49PM


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Here's the deal..

(And you think _you_ get lots of these emails.. hehe..)

Anyway, due to the thousands of these we have been getting (and the fact that I've been on a modem trying to download hundreds of 100k attachments..) I've made a simple filter that drops those virus emails. I just need a list of what email addresses to block from y'all. The filter simply dumps any email with that specific attachment. You will still get the bounces and whatnot from remote mail servers but they are only a couple KB each.

Posted by matt on 8/26/03 at 7:03PM

Arrr, not yarr

I thought we settled this with the image of the pirate keyboard. ;-)

Posted by bryce on 8/26/03 at 7:18PM

Er....

I have a LOT of e-mail addresses. Do you want me to track down which are getting the most viruses?

And I still like Yarrrrr. But I consider the "Y" silent. ^_^

Posted by martin on 8/27/03 at 9:06AM

...unless

You're saying something like "Yarrrrr silly for arguin' about this."

Posted by brian on 8/27/03 at 10:10AM

Kinda like the silent y in...

Ybite me. =)

Posted by bryce on 8/27/03 at 10:52AM

curiosity...

Actually, Bryce, after seeing your comment at the top of the Ninja for a while now, I am curious: who was that directed at (or was it a general invitation to bite you)?

Posted by brian on 8/28/03 at 8:42AM

Gumby

I'm sick of that clay bastard.

Posted by bryce on 8/28/03 at 11:42AM

Nah,

that orange horse was always the smarmy one.

Posted by martin on 8/28/03 at 3:30PM


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