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Michael G Schwern wrote:
> Now its MY problem because this infinite queue of email clicking monkeys
> managed to find activestate.com and installed Perl documentation with
> my email address in it.
And then there's what it's doing to resource requirements for mail
servers. I work for a fairly large University, and we're having some
trouble keeping up with the growth in traffic created by all this crap.
It used to be that you'd expect mail you sent (at least internally)
to arrive fairly quickly, now you're just happy if it shows up on
the same day it was sent.
In addition to the traffic, there's the virus scanning. Even when
you just drop Windows executables on the floor (which we do as of
the latest outbreak -- finally the academics in charge of policy
broke) there's still lots of stuff to scan, adding load to the
thing and slowing things down.
Mail clients that can execute random code? What a *wonderful*
idea that was! And we'll never get rid of them now...
Matt
--
A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the
decency to thank her. -- W.C. Fields
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