Sam and all,
I am not making a statement about Sam's specific ability to post any viri to
the list, just that I am suprised that any attachment at all passed through
Gerry's attachment stripper. As far as my security concerns, I use hotmail
because it is so good at detecting miscreants attempts at sabotoging my
system. After scanning using the web interface, I then download messages to
my computer using Outlook Express. Best of both worlds.

Funny thing... my cemployer's IT policy strips all zip file attachmnets.
And no, I have no clue as to why.

tim in san jose

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Walters" <sam.cooks@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: Attachments... txt files passing throught Gerry, will zip in
future

> Tim, and other Vanagon list members,
>
> This is the second time that I remember where text file attachments that
> I have sent in response to a list question have gotten through to Tim
> and, I assume, everyone else.  99.9% of the time this should not be a
> problem as my computer is set up to check Norton Antivirus regularly
> (daily on boot and at other times) for updates.  IIRC, there was a virus
> a few weeks ago where it took the folks at Norton (Symantec) about 24
> hours or so to get the update out and some folks got burned.  I don't
> use MS Outlook or MS Internet Explorer so this also limits exposure to
> those viruses which play on weaknesses in those programs.  But this
> might make some worried.
>
> When I come upon a good post about a common problem, or one I have faced
> or anticipate is coming my way, I cut and paste it into Notepad and save
> it as a text (.txt) file.  It is much quicker than opening a large
> program like Word or WordPerfect.  I have over 300 of these text files,
> saved from both current postings and searches through the archives.
> Some are one post, others a compilation of multiple posts.  Including
> pictures and the many component parts of web pages about vanagons I have
> saved, I actually have over 3300 files and over 200 subfolders in a
> major folder for Vanagon information.
>
> So, when someone asks a question and I think I have some files that
> might help, and when no one has already provided them with the answer, I
> will often send that individual an email with the files attached.
> Obviously, these will often include text files.  I sometimes send a copy
> of the email to the list so others will know that I have the files and
> can ask if they are interested.  I assume that the attachments will get
> stripped by Gerry and .pdf, .doc, .zip, and .html files always seem to
> get stripped.  Obviously this is not always the case.
>
> Both incoming and outgoing emails are checked by Norton Anti-Virus on my
> machine.  However, since it is not  100% foolproof, I will try to
> remember to zip the text files before sending them when I cc: the list.
> This should insure that they don't get passed along through Gerry.
>
> Sam
>
> --
> Sam Walters
> Baltimore, MD
>
> 89 Syncro GL
> 85 Westy Weekender
>
>
> All incoming and outgoing email scanned by
> automatically updated copy of Norton AntiVirus.
>