[Opensim-users] [OT] recent spam in this group

[Han Held]

Works for me! Thank you very much, Melanie! :)

-Han

On 07/30/2017 05:03 PM, Melanie Thielker wrote:
> Attachment filtering should now be enabled. Of course, spam text may
> still get through but no more annoying attachments.
>
> - M
>
> On 31/07/2017 01:47, Han Held wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I apologize for the off-topic, but I am a member of several email other
>> lists dealing with technical subjects and this is the only group I am
>> seeing the attachment weirdness show up on. I'm referring to the
>> offtopic emails with jpgs attached to them that have been showing up on
>> this list recently.
>>
>> Firstly, is it possible to scrub attachments before they're relayed? Can
>> someone please set that up? I'm using Thunderbird on Linux so I assume
>> (and it's only an assumption) that any malware would be limited to $HOME
>> (I'm not an expert, and could easily be wrong) but there are people on
>> windows etc also getting these messages.
>>
>> I have to assume that the other lists I'm on get the same spammers, and
>> since I don't see the messages on them that probably means there's a way
>> to deal with it.
>>
>> For the sake of being responsible and not spreading malware, I'd like to
>> request that if the admins are still extant they look into filtering out
>> binary attachments. There are alternatives (pastebin, dropbox, imgur)
>> that can be used to fit any tech support needs.
>>
>> Thank you for taking the time to read this, and again I apologize for the OT
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Han Held
>>
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