RE: [OT]Re: Hope you all are ready for SoBig
- From: "Bakari Allen" <ballen@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 06:16:57 -0400
Kenny - if you would happen to have a KB article # that would be great.
I can implement this for next week.
Thanks,
Bakari Allen
bakari.allen@xxxxxxxxx
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From: Kenny Mann [mailto:kennym@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:28 PM
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Subject: [isalist] RE: [OT]Re: Hope you all are ready for SoBig
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Actually it' a registry hack, if I recall correctly.
Make a script.
Scripts are your friend. :-D
Place it in their login script or perhaps mass email it.
Kenny
Bakari Allen wrote:
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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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>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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> Read the help, books and articles!
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bakari Allen" <ballen@xxxxxxxxx>
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>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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>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!
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>On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:59:39 -0700
> "cismic" <cismic@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>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"=""
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>2. Just another quick reference guide.
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/05/virushunting/default.asp
x
>
>Joseph
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Harrison [mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 12:35 PM
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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
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> http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison
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> Read the help, books and articles!
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Bell" <rbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 11:05
>Subject: [isalist] Hope you all are ready for SoBig
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>>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
>>
>>
>>
>>
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