asshole virus emailers

[Adam McDougall]

usage:  fetchmail [options] [server ...]
  -l, --limit       don't fetch messages over given size
use that in a script, or run something on the server to filter out
oversized messages to a seperate mail folder and send you a notice.

p.s. tcpdump is your friend :)

p.p.s. yes I think that particular virus sucks too.  Not for the results
in my mailbox as an innocent victum, but because I'm responsible for
assisting people with removing it.  


Ben Pfaff wrote:
> 
> So my (56 kbps) internet connection's been dog-slow all morning.
> I've tried connecting on all three local dialup numbers (that I
> know about), I've investigated everything I can think of.  I
> can't even get DNS names to resolve half the time without timing
> out.
> 
> And then I kill the fetchmail daemon and tell it to run
> manually.  Lo and behold:
> 
>     50 messages (1 seen) for blp at cscw.msu.edu (8131942 octets).
>     skipping message 1 (3298 octets) not flushed
>     reading message 2 of 50 (7921616 octets) .
> 
> WTF?  "ssh cscw", "less /var/spool/mail/blp", there's a 2-line
> virus-generated email with a fscking 8 MB attachment.  "mail",
> "d2", "q", and all is well with my net connection again.
> 
> I fucking hate Outlook Express!  And I don't even use it.
> 
> --
> "In some social circles, so I'm told, you don't start
>  conversations with complete strangers by saying "God damn those fucking
>  lusers!" and launching into a long tirade."
> --ptomblin in a.s.r
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