[plug] Virus attachment avoidance protocol (VAAP)

[James Elliott]

I agree - simple replies should not be sent as attachments.

If it is appropriate to send a picture as an attachment, or even a reference
document, one precaution we could all take is to include a line in our mail
message body along the lines:

Please find attached mypic.jpg;  cameramanual.txt ......... or similar

Then the recipient can be reasonably sure that if only mypic.jpg and
cameramanual.txt are attached that they came from the person described in
the "From" column.

If the message box is blank but there is an attachment - delete it!
especialy if it ends in ".exe"

Kind regards,

James Elliott
Ravensthorpe Computers
ABN 34 305 232 710
Tel:   08 9838 1043
Fax:  08 9838 1049
Cell:  0428 39 6052
E-mail:  James.Elliott at wn.com.au
Australia Post:
PO Box 228, Ravensthorpe WA 6346
----- Original Message -----
From: "wayne" <hatari at iinet.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 2:35 AM
Subject: Re: Virus transmission via list - was Re: [plug] Here to find out
more!


> On Sunday Brett and Hook suggested a ban on attachments.
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> I third or fourth (?) that - but there are rare occasions on our list when
> pics or other are genuinely discussed.  However simple replies should not
be
> in attachments; no need!
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> Regards,
> wayne.
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