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Thanks . . . maybe that would explain why I couldn't find the setting as I
scoured Exchange System Manager.
Ohhhhh . . . . too many systems, not enough time.
Bakari Allen
ballen@xxxxxxxxx
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From: Jim Harrison [mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:54 AM
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Subject: [isalist] RE: [OT]Re: Hope you all are ready for SoBig
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The setting (if it's available) is in the mail reader, not the mail server.
Your mail server may have an option to reject HTML-formatted mail, but
that's not what you want.
Many folks use HTML format out of simple ignorance; they don't realize that
the pretty backgrounds, fonts, etc. are really web pages.
Others like the extra pretties in their mail; personal preference and all
that...
Jim Harrison
MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver
http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bakari Allen" <ballen@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 07:19
Subject: [isalist] RE: [OT]Re: Hope you all are ready for SoBig
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I've seen that setting in Exchange but I cannot remember where it is. I
received over 7000 notifications this morning. Anyone remember how to change
that setting in Exchange?
Bakari Allen
ballen@xxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Harrison [mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 9:08 AM
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Subject: [isalist] Re: Hope you all are ready for SoBig
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Agreed; especially in technical forums.
Anything that deserves illustration beyond ASCII characters is best left to
attachments.
I configure my "public" mail readers to render and compose in plain text
only.
This allows me to concentrate on the problem, not the pretty backgrounds and
fonts some folks find interesting.
Also, if you never render HTML in your preview or actual reading windows,
you won't help the spammer / worm distribution efforts that depend on them.
Jim Harrison
MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG
http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison/
http://isatools.org
Read the help / books / articles!
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:59:39 -0700
"cismic" <cismic@xxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.ISAserver.org
Well some common sense on the receiving of mail.
1. I don't care about all the pretty graphics that arrive via mail.
A. When you get one of those in your in box and one of the graphics
has an ip address associated with it that data is sent back to
some
server out there informing it has a valid email address. Not in
that sense
but, someone can harvest the web log where the graphic resides
and corralate
that back to a valid email.
B. I also setup my reg to only read as plain text and don't allow
auto response:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Options\Mail]
"Message RTF Format"=dword:00000001
"EnableLogging"=dword:00000000
"Receipt Response"=dword:00000001
"Hangup after Spool"=dword:00000000
"EditorPreference"=dword:00020000
"AdHocReviewBehavior"=dword:00000001
"ReadAsPlain"=dword:00000001
C. Some simple changes to how *.pifs are opened including *.scr's
should go a long way.
1. Yup set explorer to open unknown files with notpad is one
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\Open\Command]
@="notepad.exe %1"
2. Add the following to a reg file (back things up first
before applying)
and this will associate *.pif and *.scr with notepad.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.scr]
"Content Type"="text/plain"
@="txtfile"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.scr\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pif]
"Content Type"="text/plain"
@="txtfile"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pif\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""
2. Just another quick reference guide.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/05/virushunting/default.aspx
Joseph
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Harrison [mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 12:35 PM
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Subject: [isalist] Re: Hope you all are ready for SoBig
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That's why I love my RAV on Copmmunigate Pro; I got lots of RAV emails,
but the virus is stopped cold at the server.
Jim Harrison
MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver
http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison
http://isatools.org
Read the help, books and articles!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Bell" <rbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 11:05
Subject: [isalist] Hope you all are ready for SoBig
http://www.ISAserver.org
It's back and with a vengeance. I have had over 500 hits in the last
three hours. Filter all SMTP for .pif and .scr extensions, also for
the file "your_details.zip" This latest round seems to be worse then
the first.
Richard Bell
MIS Director
Microfilm Services, Inc.
www.msifla.net
rbell@xxxxxxxxxx
