mail viruses

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MailScanner 4.28.5 has the problem resolved.
Install MailScanner, and let it process your incoming mail and password
protected zipfiles that are harmful are blocked from going into your mail
queue.

Steve Dawes
steve at leopard.yi.org
solution

> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Kirk Reiser
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 11:45 AM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: mail viruses
>
>
> It is a zip bomb which unpacks thousand of files to random directories
> on your drive and then sends itself to everyone in your address
> books.  I do not know of a solution yet but there probably is one.
>
> I can't help but pointing out if you were using linux this couldn't
> happen to you!
>   Kirk
>
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>
> Kirk Reiser				The Computer Braille Facility
> e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
> phone: (519) 661-3061
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