Something happened Tuesday night (maybe it was the flip from June to
July), but the anti-virus program that all mail runs through started
flagging everything as infected, and so nothing came through at all. I
have it set to write the mail to a file rather than dump it, so now I
have the task of sifting through over 2MB of mbox to figure out what
is good and what isn't. I probably won't get to it until Friday, so if
you've sent something to the list since yesterday, please re-send it
if you'd rather not wait for me to find it and re-post it to the list.
I've also noticed that this clogged some log files, and it will take
me a while to clean them up, so mail may be erratic for the near future.
-- Ed Leafe
Something happened Tuesday night (maybe it was the flip from June to
July), but the anti-virus program that all mail runs through started
flagging everything as infected, and so nothing came through at all. I
have it set to write the mail to a file rather than dump it, so now I
have the task of sifting through over 2MB of mbox to figure out what
is good and what isn't. I probably won't get to it until Friday, so if
you've sent something to the list since yesterday, please re-send it
if you'd rather not wait for me to find it and re-post it to the list.
I've also noticed that this clogged some log files, and it will take
me a while to clean them up, so mail may be erratic for the near future.
-- Ed Leafe
Thought it was quiet <g>
John Weller
01380 723235
07976 393631
I thought that Bob and Michael must have gone on holiday together...
there was a lot less ranting on [OT]
-----Original Message-----
From: profox-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On
Behalf Of John Weller
Sent: 02 July 2009 15:22
To: profox@leafe.com
Subject: RE: [ADMIN] Mail problems
Thought it was quiet <g>
John Weller
01380 723235
07976 393631 =20
I did not think Linux had viruses <g>... heh-heh...
Seriously, sorry you ran into that little logjam. Your efforts to get =
it
straightened out are appreciated by all.
Gil
=A0
> -----Original Message-----
> From: profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-
> bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe
> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 10:18 AM
> To: profoxtech@leafe.com
> Subject: [ADMIN] Mail problems
>=20
> Something happened Tuesday night (maybe it was the flip from June
> to
> July), but the anti-virus program that all mail runs through started
> flagging everything as infected, and so nothing came through at all. I
> have it set to write the mail to a file rather than dump it, so now I
> have the task of sifting through over 2MB of mbox to figure out what
> is good and what isn't. I probably won't get to it until Friday, so if
> you've sent something to the list since yesterday, please re-send it
> if you'd rather not wait for me to find it and re-post it to the list.
>=20
> I've also noticed that this clogged some log files, and it will
> take
> me a while to clean them up, so mail may be erratic for the near
> future.
>=20
>=20
> -- Ed Leafe
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
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On Jul 2, 2009, at 9:55 AM, Gilbert M. Hale wrote:
> I did not think Linux had viruses <g>... heh-heh...
It doesn't; the anti-virus is designed to filter out viruses sent by
Windows machines so that the lists don't act as propagators of the
viruses.
-- Ed Leafe
Yeah, I knew that. Hence the "need" for AntiVirus for Mac from Norton. I
figure if someone with a Windows machine fails to protect themselves from a
threat embedded in an eMail my Linux or Mac machine happens to receive, and
I forwarded it to said target Windows machine, it is not my problem. I have
done what I can to protect myself. I am not going to purchase "protection"
on my Linux/Mac machinery to help protect other folks from themselves. But,
then again, I do not run an email service. If I did I am certain I would
think differently about it.
Gil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-
> bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe
> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 11:37 AM
> To: profoxtech@leafe.com
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Mail problems
>
> On Jul 2, 2009, at 9:55 AM, Gilbert M. Hale wrote:
>
> > I did not think Linux had viruses <g>... heh-heh...
>
>
> It doesn't; the anti-virus is designed to filter out viruses sent
> by
> Windows machines so that the lists don't act as propagators of the
> viruses.
>
>
> -- Ed Leafe
>
>
>
>
>
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Ed Leafe wrote:
> Something happened Tuesday night (maybe it was the flip from June to
> July), but the anti-virus program that all mail runs through started
> flagging everything as infected, and so nothing came through at all. I
> have it set to write the mail to a file rather than dump it, so now I
> have the task of sifting through over 2MB of mbox to figure out what
> is good and what isn't. I probably won't get to it until Friday, so if
> you've sent something to the list since yesterday, please re-send it
> if you'd rather not wait for me to find it and re-post it to the list.
Glad to know it wasn't me!
I noticed similar behavior on lists hosted at python.org, too. I host
some lists and they don't appear to have been affected. What anti-virus
are you using? I use clam, controlled by amavisd.
I'm willing to donate an hour or two to the cause of sifting through the
mail file if you want.
Paul
On Jul 2, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Ed Leafe wrote:
> so now I
> have the task of sifting through over 2MB of mbox to figure out what
> is good and what isn't.
My $.02: Don't bother. Just dump it. If somebody posted something
that didn't show up, if it is important enough, we can just post it
again.
Ken
Agree entirely!
John Weller
01380 723235
07976 393631
>
> My $.02: Don't bother. Just dump it. If somebody posted
> something that didn't show up, if it is important enough, we
> can just post it again.
>