[fpc-devel]Problem with mailinglist (forged mail)

[Konstantin Muenning]

Hello!

On Thu, 2 May 2002, Matti Hamalainen wrote:

>Hello. Seems that either someone is sending mail (probably SPAM) to
(snip)
>> Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval.
>>
>> The reason it is being held:
>>
>>     Message body too long (>25k)

I don't know who the moderator is but he could maybe clarify this. As
Windows E-Mail worms are again active (just today I got two e-mails (Worm
Klez.E) wich attempted to infect my Linux box ;-)) maybe some of them is
trying to "use" the mailing list beause someone has it in his addressbook.
So I can't imagine that someone else is repeatingly trying to send a big
(>25k) message to the list.

>> Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive
>> notification of the moderator's decision.

The mistake is clearly that the error message is posted to the list and
not only to the originator but in the virus case the originator address is
most often a fake.

In any case, I find the measure to hold big messages is a good thing, at
least regarding the virus threat.

Any comments from the list moderator wich may have already reviewed the
mails?

Have a nice day and keep developing!
Konstantin Münning              ,,,
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