Eric.. the "attachment test" words in the text file.. were there on my news
server "news.west.cox.net".. in the attached file.

all is well

BT

"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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Janusz Kesik wrote:
Some month ago, I did delete r.a.s. from my list of subscribed
newsgroups when I got a post with a virus attached. A month later (now)
discovering few threads regarding Jantar I thought: "Maybe it was one-off
infected posting". After TWO DAYS of my presence at r.a.s. forum, I have
found a next "security patch" post with an attachment (this time I was very
carefully moving my mouse to not to click accidentally as I had done it
previously). Again.
What is going on with this newsgroup?! Do I have to give it a go
definitely? :-/

I've never gotten an attachment on r.a.s, but maybe it was because I was
using a different newsreader (Gravity by Microplanet - now apparently
extinct).

I've attached a simple text file to this message to see if the
newsreader I've just begun to use (Netscape 7.1's news reader) will
bring in an attachment.

Anyone knows the way to force the Outlook Express to not to download any
posts with binary file attached from the news server?

No, but Netscape won't download messages over a size I can set. By
setting this at 20 kb, for example, it would reject messages with any of
the usual viruses because they are larger than 20 kb. Perhaps Outlook
can also do this.



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