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Chicken
11-25-2001, 12:18 PM
Watch the file extensions on those attachments from emails you get, they aren't the delicious MP3's that mom used to bake...

New_Napster_Site.MP3.pif
FUN.MP3.pif

dbzgod
11-25-2001, 01:45 PM
I got some like that already in the mail.

mahinder
11-25-2001, 02:37 PM
i get 10's of such emails daily, but i have rule not to download any file on my corporate network greater then 100 kb so i rearly get attachement now. i only view once a week all such emails.

;)

smartbackups
11-25-2001, 02:41 PM
I have hacked my system wide procmail to defang all potentially dangerous attachments. once my clients understood *why* I did this they really like it. There are some pointers regarding defanging with procmail out there. In fact this is the recipe I followed. Enhancing E-mail security at the Server (http://www.impsec.org/email-tools/procmail-security.html)