Preventing the next MyDoom (fwd)

[Stewart Sinclair]

Your points are well taken and it seems so simple and obvious once it's 
explained.

There is another type of problem besides the dumb user that this "dumb 
writer" seems to over look.  I have a friend who is  a technical editor for 
an automotive magazine.  He gets dozens of emails with attached PDF's, 
graphics, etc. (that also include zip's and self extractors) with minimal 
explanations every day - that he has to open (and dispose of rapidly) to do 
his job at all.

He is also at the mercy of the publisher's IT department which is 
overloaded due to cut backs for his protection as well as being required to 
use the client software that they choose.

This may be an extreme case but I suspect that there are many such 
situations on corporate LANs - users overloaded with legitimate incoming 
mail with attachments accompanied by minimal or no explanations.

Stew
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At 07:53 PM 17/02/04 -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>I sent the following letter to a local commercial newsletter.
>
>I thought some TLUGgers might be interested.
>
>
>I just read your column.
>         <http://www.integratedmar.com/connectit/story.cfm?item=375>
>
>You seem to blame everyone for MyDoom except the maker of the
>fundamental mistakes: Microsoft.

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