Re: [Evolution] Mail Delivery (failure evolution ximian com)

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 08:51, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
> søn, 16.05.2004 kl. 23.15 skrev Michael C. Neel:
>
> > I recieved this same email (it was sent to the list), and it is a spam/virus
> > email.  I recall it because I was curious what the mime type was that caused
> > evolution to not display it.  Upon looking at the source, the entire email
> > was faked (and I'm glad to know evolution doesn't decide on it's own to hide
> > content from me!).  The html pointed the link an .src file, no doubt to be
> > invoked by Windows as a screensaver.  I even called in our sysadm to show
> > him, so he would be aware of the level the virus emails are going to.
>
> I'm refusing at least one message per day to me from the Evo list, each
> with an assorted Microsoft attachment, hardly ever the same type. I
> can't see whose poster's name is forged, since I never accept the
> message.
>
> I'm running this Evo (1.4) on a test machine (actually a Compaq notebook
> running RedHat RHEL 3 Enterprise Server :) that's also a test bed for
> smtp and IMAP mail servers. It receives its mail from the Internet and I
> get to make all policy and and write the filters for incoming mail - and
> refuse it if I don't want it.
>
> I've read (OOo list) that Evo's being ported to Windows as a matter of
> priority, so the virus/worm merchants are probably sharpening their
> teeth for the day it gets released :)

this would be news to us evo devs... I haven't seen any win32 patches or
anything and Ximian sure isn't doing it...

Jeff

> --Tonni