Bertie the Bunyip wrote in message ews.com...
"Dirk Bruere at Neopax" wrote in
:


"bowman" wrote in message
...
Scott Lowther wrote:

I think everybody is being mail bombed. Myself and several people
on a wholly different newsgroup are getting nailed with more than a
message a minute, each with a 140K "Microsoft" message.

My ISP started eating those, and a smaller 20k version started
appearing. One wonders how many MicroSoftHeads will really click on a
'MS update'
from
?


They don't have to click on some of them if their MS security is not
up to date.


Oh dear! Oh my!

Bertie

One of mine has the address Microsoft @yahoo.com. How does Yahoo allow
this nasty "virologist" to use its address?

Flora

(flora macdonald) wrote in
m:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote in message
ews.com...
"Dirk Bruere at Neopax" wrote in
:


"bowman" wrote in message
...
Scott Lowther wrote:

I think everybody is being mail bombed. Myself and several
people on a wholly different newsgroup are getting nailed with
more than a message a minute, each with a 140K "Microsoft"
message.

My ISP started eating those, and a smaller 20k version started
appearing. One wonders how many MicroSoftHeads will really click
on a 'MS update'
from
?


They don't have to click on some of them if their MS security is
not up to date.


Oh dear! Oh my!

Bertie

One of mine has the address Microsoft @yahoo.com. How does Yahoo allow
this nasty "virologist" to use its address?


Beats me.

Must be Allah's will.

Bertie

(Doug Freyburger) wrote in
om:

Scott Lowther wrote:

I'm getting them from a VAST number of different e-mail addresses. Every
one is different. Different subject, different sender.

Anybody have a really good way of dealing with these? I use Mailwasher,
and it's showing its limitations...

Does anyone know how to block any message with an attachment on Yahoo?
I know of other ISPs that offer that. It has enough variations that I
ran up against my limit of filters.


Oh, I could tell you. I remain remarkably unaffected..


BTW, where's that apology?

Bertie

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

(Doug Freyburger) wrote in
om:

Scott Lowther wrote:

I'm getting them from a VAST number of different e-mail addresses. Every
one is different. Different subject, different sender.

Anybody have a really good way of dealing with these? I use Mailwasher,
and it's showing its limitations...

Does anyone know how to block any message with an attachment on Yahoo?
I know of other ISPs that offer that. It has enough variations that I
ran up against my limit of filters.


Oh, I could tell you. I remain remarkably unaffected..


BTW, where's that apology?

Bertie

I don't want make insinuations, but you could be part of the problem. I
think I was. Windows has a whole slew of new patches and security
updates that fix this thing. Download them from:

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

As above, so below
viveshwar

wrote in
:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

(Doug Freyburger) wrote in
om:

Scott Lowther wrote:

I'm getting them from a VAST number of different e-mail addresses.
Every one is different. Different subject, different sender.

Anybody have a really good way of dealing with these? I use
Mailwasher, and it's showing its limitations...

Does anyone know how to block any message with an attachment on
Yahoo? I know of other ISPs that offer that. It has enough
variations that I ran up against my limit of filters.


Oh, I could tell you. I remain remarkably unaffected..


BTW, where's that apology?

Bertie

I don't want make insinuations, but you could be part of the problem.

Moi?

never.


Bertie

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

(Doug Freyburger) wrote in
om:

Scott Lowther wrote:

I'm getting them from a VAST number of different e-mail addresses. Every
one is different. Different subject, different sender.

Anybody have a really good way of dealing with these? I use Mailwasher,
and it's showing its limitations...

Does anyone know how to block any message with an attachment on Yahoo?
I know of other ISPs that offer that. It has enough variations that I
ran up against my limit of filters.


Oh, I could tell you. I remain remarkably unaffected..


BTW, where's that apology?

Bertie

I don't want make insinuations, but you could be part of the problem. I
think I was. Windows has a whole slew of new patches and security
updates that fix this thing. Download them from:

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

As above, so below
viveshwar

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 06:28:10 GMT, 's
long-suffering mother turned her back for just a moment, and
did *this* to alt.usenet.kooks:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

(Doug Freyburger) wrote in
om:

Scott Lowther wrote:

I'm getting them from a VAST number of different e-mail addresses. Every
one is different. Different subject, different sender.

Anybody have a really good way of dealing with these? I use Mailwasher,
and it's showing its limitations...

Does anyone know how to block any message with an attachment on Yahoo?
I know of other ISPs that offer that. It has enough variations that I
ran up against my limit of filters.


Oh, I could tell you. I remain remarkably unaffected..


BTW, where's that apology?

Bertie

I don't want make insinuations, but you could be part of the problem. I
think I was. Windows has a whole slew of new patches and security
updates that fix this thing. Download them from:

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

As above, so below
viveshwar

I nominate Viv Eshwar for Clueless Newbie of the Mo....

Oh wait, he/she/it has already won it.

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Peter J Ross wrote in
:

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 06:28:10 GMT, 's
long-suffering mother turned her back for just a moment, and
did *this* to alt.usenet.kooks:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

(Doug Freyburger) wrote in
om:

Scott Lowther wrote:

I'm getting them from a VAST number of different e-mail
addresses. Every one is different. Different subject, different
sender.

Anybody have a really good way of dealing with these? I use
Mailwasher, and it's showing its limitations...

Does anyone know how to block any message with an attachment on
Yahoo? I know of other ISPs that offer that. It has enough
variations that I ran up against my limit of filters.


Oh, I could tell you. I remain remarkably unaffected..


BTW, where's that apology?

Bertie

I don't want make insinuations, but you could be part of the problem.
I think I was. Windows has a whole slew of new patches and security
updates that fix this thing. Download them from:

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

As above, so below
viveshwar

I nominate Viv Eshwar for Clueless Newbie of the Mo....

Oh wait, he/she/it has already won it.


Kewl!

I love rubbing elbows with the famous.

BTW,I think Doug Friedburger might be a potential candidate.


Bertie

wrote in
:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

(Doug Freyburger) wrote in
om:

Scott Lowther wrote:

I'm getting them from a VAST number of different e-mail addresses.
Every one is different. Different subject, different sender.

Anybody have a really good way of dealing with these? I use
Mailwasher, and it's showing its limitations...

Does anyone know how to block any message with an attachment on
Yahoo? I know of other ISPs that offer that. It has enough
variations that I ran up against my limit of filters.


Oh, I could tell you. I remain remarkably unaffected..


BTW, where's that apology?

Bertie

I don't want make insinuations, but you could be part of the problem.
I think I was. Windows has a whole slew of new patches and security
updates that fix this thing. Download them from:

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp


BTW, double posting is a sign of a possible virus.

Bertei

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:17:41 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip's
long-suffering mother turned her back for just a moment, and Bertie
the Bunyip did *this* to alt.usenet.kooks:

wrote in
:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

(Doug Freyburger) wrote in
om:

Scott Lowther wrote:

I'm getting them from a VAST number of different e-mail addresses.
Every one is different. Different subject, different sender.

Anybody have a really good way of dealing with these? I use
Mailwasher, and it's showing its limitations...

Does anyone know how to block any message with an attachment on
Yahoo? I know of other ISPs that offer that. It has enough
variations that I ran up against my limit of filters.


Oh, I could tell you. I remain remarkably unaffected..


BTW, where's that apology?

Bertie

I don't want make insinuations, but you could be part of the problem.
I think I was. Windows has a whole slew of new patches and security
updates that fix this thing. Download them from:

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp


BTW, double posting is a sign of a possible virus.

It's easy to fix, fortunately. Viv just has to set fire to his/her/its
hard drive.

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