Re: VIRUS IN YOUR MAIL

From: Brett Glass (brett@lariat.org)
Date: 10/29/01 

Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 13:40:06 -0700
To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>

At 10:40 AM 10/29/2001, Peter Pentchev wrote:

>It all depends on the dosage; I suppose you would not think that
>it would be a good thing for somebody to be able to DoS a list by
>sending a little virus and firing off 250 autoresponders?

This is the old "categorical imperative" fallacy. Not everyone
WOULD use an autoresponder. (We don't.) And until and unless
the list maintainer filters viruses, it's nice to get SOME
warning out there. Ultimately, it would be nice if list maintainers
assumed this function, but I'm not holding my breath.

--Brett

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