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Subject: Re: [Fwd: EFF Mailing List Query]
From: Bob Bish <bobbish @ earthlink . net>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 23:13:40 -0700
To: list-managers @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <11186.1046066353@kanga.nu>
References: <Message from Bob Bish <bobbish@earthlink.net><5.2.0.9.2.20030223222501.00ba4d48@pop.earthlink.net><68FC9616-47AB-11D7-AE70-0003934516A8@plaidworks.com><68FC9616-47AB-11D7-AE70-0003934516A8@plaidworks.com><5.2.0.9.2.20030223222501.00ba4d48@pop.earthlink.net>


>   -- __NO__ spam, not one, has gotten thru to the list moderation
>   interface (the lists are hand moderated)
>
>   -- Precisely 4 virus messages (castrated by the MIME stripper) have
>   made it thru to the moderation interface.  None had an active payload
>   remaining.

    Several layers of protection are available to keep spam and viruses 
from being distributed directly over majordomo mailing lists.  That is not 
the problem.  The problem is list members spreading viruses to other list 
members indirectly.  Posts to my lists are informative and many members 
save messages which are important to them.  If a member gets infected with 
a virus, that virus sends copies of itself to all addresses found on the 
infected computer, including the senders of those list messages which are 
saved.

...Bob



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