Frankly, I use both MS, Linux, and Solaris.... This is not a matter of Microsoft vs. others (Frankly, Outlook 5.01 was released which includes patches against the viruses), it was posted because of the fact that these viruses are plainly a annoyance. It's also not about filtering the viruses on the linux-net mailing list. There are millions of people out there who firstly, use mail servers other than vger.rutgers.edu (youre not the only SMTP on the Internet), secondly, there are also billions of people, who unfortunately use MS software. Your response to my post was childish. The linux-net mailing list (hence, any mailing list), are there to provide support most of the time. The filter provided support for people like me and others, who are fed up with users complaining about the viruses, and offices getting affected by these viruses. If you are to ignorant to see further than this mailing list, please open your eyes and wake up. If you are really so worried about the bandwidth, just how much bandwidth did you not allready waist, flamming and complaining to other people about my post. Not even taking into consideration that email is relatively small. I have not been infected by a virus in over 10 years, and I plan on keeping that track record. Unfortunately, I can't speak for everyone else, neither can you. Your "flame" in response to my post is childish, and selfish of you. Regards Chris Knipe Cell: (083) 430-8151 Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability at all. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Maxwell" <greg@linuxpower.cx> To: "Chris Knipe" <cgknipe@mweb.co.za> Cc: "David FAHED" <dfahed@outremer.com>; <linux-config@vger.rutgers.edu>; <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu> Sent: 14 July 2000 04:16 Subject: Re: a vir for w9x (I think) > > Instead, why not demand that your commercial software vendor close the > holes in the software you payed for and stop wasting list bandwidth and > maintainer time with all these stupid virus announcements? > > I think it's ironic that windows users, exasperated by their vendors > inability to meet their needs (i.e. non-virus-infected systems), now seek > to have Linux mailing list maintainers patch their problems for them. > > You have chosen to use a platform that is plagued by these sorts of > problems. Likely because the expense of switching to another (say > Linux) platform was unacceptable due to your needs. I think that it is > inappropriate to ask list administrators to be burdened by your problems > when there are other solutions. > > On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Chris Knipe wrote: > > > Hi.. > > > > And we are going to continue getting them for quite some time still... Can > > it possibly be requested that MTA Administrators setup filters to block the > > viruses please? > > > > As for a example filter.. This is a global filter working wonders with the > > Exm MTA. For sendmail and other MTA's the filter has to be modified I > > presume... > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
