Date:         Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:30:37 -0600
Reply-To:     tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
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From:         tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
Organization: Tippen Ringware
Subject:      Re: Strange messages-- infected file
Comments: To: Philip Chidlaw <pchidlaw@MCN.ORG>
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Taking advantage of the number one hole - users.

But most other mail programs don't even offer the choice to go down the hole.
That's my point.

tom

On 24 Sep 2003 at 19:20, Philip Chidlaw wrote:

> Bingo. Operator error.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> Of David Brodbeck
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:18 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Strange messages-- infected file
>
>
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, tom ring wrote:
>
> > Right.  Keep fooling yourself.  The best way to use it is not.
>
> Don't get lulled into a false sense of security.  Any email program can
> be vulnerable.  Heck, they found a remotely-exploitable hole in *Pine*
> recently, of all things!
>
> But, the plain fact is very few viruses have taken advantage of specific
> bugs in Outlook anyway.  Most people are getting infected the old
> fashioned way -- by opening attachments.  The problem here isn't
> Outlook, it's user stupidity.
>
>
> David Brodbeck, N8SRE
> '82 Diesel Westfalia
> '94 Honda Civic Si
>


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Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
85 Westphalia GL Albert
96 Jetta GL The Intimidator
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