[Gllug] Virus or worm?

[bredroll]

On 27 Jul 2001, Nix wrote:

> That's a perfectly conventional worm that just happens to use SMTP to
> spread.
> 
> Email `viruses' (i.e. worms that rely on users' buggy/broken-as-designed
> MUAs, and/or on users doing stupid things with those MUAs) are not
> likely to take off on Unix, because of the diverse set of MUAs in use.
> 

Yeah basically thats what i meant. thankfully popular unix MUAs didnt
think to put that 'feature' in :-)

bredroll


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