From: Vincent Danen (vdanenmandrakesoft.com)
Date: Wed Jul 07 2004 - 11:37:32 CDT

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On Jul 7, 2004, at 7:49 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:

> Today I mistakenly posted a message to the expert list with some c code
> attached. I got a bounce, with the message
>
> quote
> Your message "[expert] Jpeg rescue" on Wed, 7 Jul 2004 14:30:48 +0100
> was
> rejected because it contains executable files, virus, or other
> possible
> harmful content.
> /quote
>
> This sounded as though filtering was working correctly. However, a few
> minutes later the message *did* appear on list - complete with the c
> code.
> This does not sound sensible to me. Maybe this message could be
> passed to
> whoever looks after list security? Thanks

Are you sure that bounce came from sympa? And not from someone else's
setup who was a recipient on the list?

I get bounces like that all the time when I post new security
announcements because they're GPG signed. That's not sympa bouncing
them but rather the idiot setups of some anti-virus/malware/etc.
scanners.

--
"lynx -source http://linsec.ca/vdanen.asc | gpg --import"
{FE6F2AFD : 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD}

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (Darwin)

iD8DBQFA7CbOIEPQ5f5vKv0RAlEiAJ9tn13jVbt7af6xFAn1JoOqUNZUEACguTA3
B4zbnIyNELS+QBz88kI8H5s=
=Q/gn
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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