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Hi Guys, Thought I might add a few comments to this.
SPAM. You needn't include all that scanned for virus crap in your email, we are a LUG list aren't we? Hence running a Linux email client, with nothing to fear. =)
Well no actually, I am currently accessing the DCLUG using Microsoft and Netscape, so any heads up on a mail virus doing the rounds is useful. Hopefully I will return to Linux once I put my network back together, or when I or somebody else (Any offers?) updates the Linux Conexant HCF winmodem driver module to be re-entrant safe on a dual processor machine. The other very important point I feel needs to be made from this post, is just because we are choosing to run Linux and "free software" we aren't automatically immune to viruses and worms. True we are less targeted, and have an inherently more secure OS (security and multi-user operation designed in, rather than tacked on later), but you are only totally secure at the end of the day when you choose not to switch on the machine in the first place. :-(
As a general point I'm not sure why people feel obliged to include marketing material for virus companies in their email messages, whatever mail user agent they use, no doubt if the virus writing community thought it would affect how many viruses get run they would add such claims to the virus message text. Thus it doesn't add value to the recipient(s), and can be seen to be pure viral marketing.... Now if they were to sign it in some sensible fashion, that was widely supported, we might at least be able to place some trust in the text.
I agree with the viral marketing point, however I would guess it's the virus filter itself that signs the email on transmission after checking, and not something Peter has chosen to put there himself. This may be the price you pay for using it, if its a free virus mail filter. On a purely personal note I think it's very inoffensive, and anything that stops my hard drive being trashed as a result of somebody else's email has got my vote. Justin. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.