[NTLUG:Discuss] spam / email setup help

[Neil Aggarwal]

Ry:

That is a cool idea. 

Regarding security, the fact that he is doing pop3 means
that he is sending his password in cleartext to the server
anyway.  Your solution is no less secure that what is going
to happen each time he checks his mail.

This is precisely why we dont use pop3, telnet, and ftp.
They are horribly insecure protocols.

	Neil.

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Neil Aggarwal
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
> Of Rev. wRy
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:27 PM
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] spam / email setup help
> 
> 
> Alton R. Pouncey, II wrote:
> 
> > Can't help you here.  I don't know how to setup a filter to parse the
> > stream as it comes down from an ISP.  Can't you setup a filter in
> > Messenger to just delete the email based on some criteria in the email?
> 
> Why not just telnet into the pop3 server and delete the mail that you 
> can tell is the virus?
> 
> telnet pop3.someisp.net 110
> user yourname
> pass yourpass
> stat
> list
> dele msg#s
> quit
> 
> No download time involved, and your mail queue should be clean when you 
> *do* download it.  Much better over all than downloading a ton of 
> infected mail and then processing.
> 
> Yes, I know it's not secure, but it *is* convenient.
> 
> :)
> 
> Ry
> 
> 
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