So we're getting to see the latest non-feature from the Virus scanning
legions. Earlier today someone spammed the IETF list with a message
containing a virus. This may or may not have been on purpose (virus may
have sent itself to the ietf list). That accounted for 3 messages seen
here.
Since then, many additional messages have been posted to the list
pointing out the virus and how it's been addressed by various sites. I
guess we will see several hundred more of these as people return to work
next week. What a wonderful feature... it's permitted the spammers to be
MUCH more annoying. I expect to see spammers appending viruses to their
messages as a way to keep them in front of our faces long after the
original spam is gone.
Just another case of a "feature" which doesn't scale.
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