"Nick Simicich" <njs@scifi.squawk.com> wrote:
> Part of the alert was against Mj2. Mj2 does not *force* you to configure
> these items, but it does have strong suggestions that it is important to
> look at a subset, and I believe that the which default is in the subset.
I didn't see that it was about mj2 as well. I think we're all on the same
page, just some of us probably have different views about what should be
expected in a default configuration, what should be expected of the admin
and what qualifies as a securiy alert. I think I'll release a security
alert April 1 about web pages that have email addresses displayed in plain
text...
> > Anyway, I just don't give any security alert creedence if it uses the
> > phrase
> > "evil spammers" not once, but twice. Redundant, don't you think?
>
> It may well be, but sometimes I don't think it can be said often enough
> :-).
I'm with you on that. I was just making light of the fact that the word
"evil" in "evil spammers" is redundant. <g>
> Especially after I spend the day looking at spam. I have an
> individual system, I've tried to maintain a single e-mail address for a
> number of years, and I am about to replace it with an autoresponder that
> gives people who want to contact me my address-of-the-month.
Since much of the populace loves bloated software, why not build anti-spam
and TMDA-like behavior into demime? Just kidding!
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