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MIME question...

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (robert owen thomas)
Fri Mar 17 14:24:10 1995

From: rthomas@pamd.cig.mot.com (robert owen thomas)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 11:39:50 -0600
To: bugtraq@fc.net

has anyone on this list heard of an "auto-execute MIME extension"?  is
this an issue?  the question arose when i doubted the likelihood of
a "virus" being launched via reading an e-mail message.

your thoughts?
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o robert owen thomas: Unix consultant. MAILER-DAEMON. user scratching post. o
o         e-mail: rthomas@pamd.cig.mot.com --or-- robt@cymru.com            o
o                  vox: 708.632.5768  fax: 708.632.5694                     o
o                -- System Administrator's Dictionary --                    o
o    user (you'zer) n. 1 A waste of system resources; an unwanted load      o
o    on the processor(s) of a Unix system. 2 Someone who uses Caps Lock.    o

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