It was a slow day in microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse

When suddenly...

 

The swen32 virus appears with an important Microsoft update...
Glenn

 

Again.

and again,

and again,

Christ on a crutch, if I can at least tag the sumbitches as read with
Outhouse, you'd think MS could find a way to block them entirely.

Hey Bill! Didja know that there are filters that can stop most of this crap?

Just trying to help.

J.R. Jones
A+ Net+ MCSA MCNGP#............................42

 

crap?

My SpamNet catches about 95% of them, but it's still a pain. I'm down to
under 750/day now, however, from over 2,000/day a couple of weeks ago. It's
given me an excuse to move all my subscriptions over to a more, permanent
account anyway. Now if I quit my job (or get fired) I won't have to worry
about anything important going to my work account. I'll terminate the
account in a few weeks, once I'm fairly confident I've moved everything that
needs to be moved. Of course, once I close the account, I'll get that
e-mail from a long-lost friend who'll think I'm snubbing them.

I still can't believe I'm getting the brunt of a virus that OTHER people
got. I used to look down on people who "hid" behind a handle with no real
e-mail address. It's easy to be a jerk when you can't be accountable. Now
I have to think that someone like that is the author of the worm. I'm far
too trusting.

 

I've been munging my e-mail addies for quite a while, so I never got hit too
bad. About 40-50 per day at the peak, and none on my home account. I use
throwaways for anything on the web or usenet. When they get too much crap in
their inboxes, they go away. Keeps the important accounts usable.

Jeez, when I think of all the bandwidth that these asshats are burning up
with Swen alone, it makes me think that the death penalty might be
appropriate for virus/worm authors.

BTW, I almost missed your post. I had Outhouse set to mark anything with
'Microsoft' in the subject line as 'read'

JaR