Re: Can one stop attachments to prevent DOS attack?

From: Dr. David Kirkby (see_my_signature_for_my_real_address_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/27/03 

Date: 26 Sep 2003 15:03:29 -0700

gerryt@gtconnect.net () wrote in message news:<OVZcb.4475$f7.321797@localhost>...
> In article <c99d2c79.0309260509.460f2193@posting.google.com>,
> see_my_signature_for_my_real_address@hotmail.com (Dr. David Kirkby) writes:
> > "Dr. David Kirkby" <see-my-signiture-for-email-address@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:<3F6E6096.73106623@nowhere.com>...
> >> Hi,
> >> I'm running a Sun Ultra 80 with Solaris 9. I only has a slow internet
> >> connection (56 k), as there is no economic way to obtain a faster one in
> >> this rural location.
> >>
> >> For the last few days I have noticed the LED on the modem which lights
> >> during downloads, is on nearly all the time. Now I'm getting emails from
> >> my ISP saying my mailbox is nearly full.
> >>
> >> I've now traced the problem. I'm getting sent the blinking Microsoft
> >> Security Update patches on average about every 4 minutes.
> >
> > Does anyone have a clue when (if) this frigging thing is likely to
> > stop ?
>
> When it does something will take its place.... maybe even worse.

I don't think I'll be advertising my email address quite so widely in
future. Perhaps its too late. I'm tempted to change email address, but
they I feel they (the spammers/virus writers) have won, which is not
something I want.
  
> WadeA minute - You hate M$ almost as much as I do but you have a hotmail
> account?? I already suggested using netscape.net. Admittedly the 5 MB
> limit and 2 MB attachment limit might be unacceptable..

I've used the Hotmail account once and have no real intention of using
it again. I just wanted to be able to post by Google groups (which I
often do anyway as NTL's newsgroup server is very unrelieable) I think
my email address indicates I'm not likley to respond to mail sent to
the hotmail address.

I just happended to look to see if the virus had been sent there, and
yes I have multiple copies of it. I can't be bothered to delete them -
let Microsoft/hotmail sort them out.

I'll look at Netscape.net. I recally only care for a decent way to
post to newsgroups. Google groups is not great, as you can't set up a
signiture and there is no spell checker (I really need one of those!)

For now at least I am going to continue using the ntl email address.
Despite the fact their attitude to virus irritates me, I pay only 15
pounds/month, get telephone calls to the value of 15 pounds for
nothing, and they don't seem to mind I stay on 24/7. So I get a
reasonable deal from them. I can't complain, although there are
perhaps other more attractive deals around, I'd rather not change
email address.
 
> > Hopefully if enough messages get bounced from
> > everywhere, the ISP's like NTL who are happpy to forward on the
> > viruses will wake up and realise it's not in their interest to do
> > nothing.
>
> Aparently they dont care or havent the infrastructure/expertise to
> do anything about it.

I wonder if they will have the option of not caring much longer ? As
Rick pointed out, they are probably paying for the bandwidth. Someone
sends me a virus, I download it and it goes to /dev/null. It seems
rather illogical. But given then can easily screen the incoming mail
for viruses, I feel they should give customers the option of having
the mail screened.

Dr David Kirkby,
Real e-mail address at
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/drkirkby/home-email.gif

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