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Re: Emailing ARM code

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In article <almarsoft.6753970034420185619@news.orange.fr>,
   Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > I wonder if one can send a plain text file containing a hex dump of 
> > the content then?

> ...or just switch to an ISP that checks for viruses (viri?) and doesn't
> implement arbitrary blocking.

There are some advantages of using Virgin Media :-).

> I mean, we're blocking vbs, exe, etc to protect: * Microsoft users *
> logged in as an administrator (that'll be many with XP) * who open
> random attachments * and don't have a useful antivirus product

> For them, the rest suffer?

Windows users are most ISPs main customers.

> If providers are going to block this, why can't they do something useful
> with: Dearest greetings, my name is Um Bongo and I have a gazillion
> dollars stashed away in Burkina Faso that I would like dearly to share
> with you...blah blah blah". I'm sick of reading that rubbish, time after
> time after time.

As I said Google are at least efficient. I get virtually no spam and have
had only one false positive since Google set up Virgin Media's e-mail
system.

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Emailing ARM code cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2012-03-18 10:08 +0000
  Re: Emailing ARM code Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 10:35 +0000
    Re: Emailing ARM code Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 18:52 +0000
      Re: Emailing ARM code Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 19:17 +0000
        Re: Emailing ARM code Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2012-03-18 20:12 +0000
        Re: Emailing ARM code Ron Briscoe <ron.briscoe@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 21:24 +0000
          Re: Emailing ARM code Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2012-03-18 21:43 +0000
            Re: Emailing ARM code Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-03-18 22:41 +0000
              Re: Emailing ARM code Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-03-19 13:03 +0000
                Re: Emailing ARM code Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 14:13 +0100
                Re: Emailing ARM code Ron Briscoe <ron.briscoe@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 17:42 +0000
            Re: Emailing ARM code "Felicity S." <Fliss@orpheusnet> - 2012-03-19 19:53 +0000
              Re: Emailing ARM code SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-03-20 11:46 +0000
                Re: Emailing ARM code "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 12:50 +0100
                Re: Emailing ARM code SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-03-20 13:40 +0000
            Re: Emailing ARM code David <mail@daveandsylvia.plus.com> - 2012-03-25 09:12 +0000
      Re: Emailing ARM code "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 20:46 +0100
        Re: Emailing ARM code Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-03-18 20:51 +0000
      Re: Emailing ARM code Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 23:15 +0100
        Re: Emailing ARM code Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2012-03-19 12:10 +0000
          Re: Emailing ARM code Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 12:43 +0000
            Re: Emailing ARM code "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 13:57 +0100
              Re: Emailing ARM code Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 14:31 +0100
  Re: Emailing ARM code John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> - 2012-03-18 10:41 +0000
  Re: Emailing ARM code jeff <jeffrey.a.doggett@gmail.com> - 2012-03-19 01:14 -0700
    Re: Emailing ARM code Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 10:29 +0000
    Re: Emailing ARM code Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 14:33 +0100
      Re: Emailing ARM code Ron Briscoe <ron.briscoe@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 17:49 +0000
        Re: Emailing ARM code Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-03-19 19:06 +0000
          Re: Emailing ARM code Ron Briscoe <ron.briscoe@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 19:46 +0000
        Re: Emailing ARM code Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 16:51 +0100
          Re: Emailing ARM code Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 16:04 +0000
  Re: Emailing ARM code Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 00:52 +0000
  Re: Emailing ARM code Nat Queen <n.m.queen@bham.ac.uk> - 2012-03-21 00:37 +0000

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