[ale] is it me, or are others also getting pseudoMS spam in profusion...........

[James P. Kinney III]

Courtney,

Sad truth is things will only get worse. Plan on blocking virus-laden
email. I use Mailscanner, spamassassin, and f-prot (which gets updated
at least daily). I have noticed that the virus load runs in waves. 
Mailscanner is pretty easy to set up. They have step-by-step directions
for several distro's and MTA's. F-prot is free for personal use, and
rather affordable for corporate use. I have several clients that use it
and absolutely nothing has gotten through f-prot from email.

On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 22:48, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> Aaron,
> 
> What if my ISP is not blocking ?
> 
> Then I assume it's up to me, huh ?
> 
> I'm still getting probably several dozen a day. How about you ?
> 
> Cordially,
> Courtney
> 
> aaron wrote:
> 
> >A couple weeks back my ISP was notifying me it was blocking 20 or more 
> >Micro$haft virus laden emails a day. The number is down to just a few every 
> >day now, so I expect the M$ worm du jour will slowly get dug out and things 
> >will quiet down until the next Micro$haft virus hits.
> >
> >peace
> >aaron
> >
> >On Wednesday 24 September 2003 22:11, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I assume it's full of virii.
> >>It's gotten so bad that it's bogging down my email activity.
> >>Where is this stuff coming from ?
> >>Can it only be stopped by each individual on the planet filtering ?
> >>What do people who run a MS OS that ostensibly want  *.exe files, 
> >>etc.... do ?
> >>Has this gotten a lot worse lately or am I one of the few not filtering, 
> >>yet ?
> >>Is procmail the way to go ?
> >>Must it replace sendmail or whatever  is currently run OR is it an adjunct ?
> >>Appreciatively,
> >>Courtney Thomas
> >>s/v Mutiny
> >>lying Oriental, NC
> >>    
> >>
> >
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