Misplaced flamewar... WAS: RE: in case nobody else noticed it, there was a mail worm released today

You're the second person to say that and it's still wrong. The virii,
once resident, opens a connection to port 25 on an open SMTP server,
whether it be the user's ISP relay or local server. Sure, it can't
install itself into /etc/init.d, but it sure can launch itself bg instead
of fg and be running until the user either kills it or reboots the box.

Also, for reference to other people - the preview pane does *not* allow
the execution of attachments unless they're double-clicked on and
acknowledged. Again - we're not talking about another OS or Outlook
exploit, only a stupid user exploit.

: Also, for reference to other people - the preview pane does *not* allow
: the execution of attachments unless they're double-clicked on and
: acknowledged. Again - we're not talking about another OS or Outlook
: exploit, only a stupid user exploit.

The "feature" has been fixed but it **did** at one point run apps.

James Edwards
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