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[bob3160]

HypnoT0AD

So if you recieve an attachment with the extension .tgz be very wary.

You should be extremely cautious of any attachment reguardless of the file type. If your not expecting it and don't know in advance what it is trash it. May I ask why your not utilizing the Spam function that yahoo offers? Anything I receive from any I don't know is automatically added to spam.

[HypnoT0AD]

I do use the spam guard which is pretty basic Bob.

I now write my own filters, which I have a lot of experience with.

I have one set now that anything that has my email address as the sender goes straight in the trash.

And can you tell me is it true that virus scanners can't check files with the .tgz extension?

[Lisandro]

And can you tell me is it true that virus scanners can't check files with the .tgz extension?

More about tgz extension:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=7337

Hope it helps...

[DavidR]

Seek and yea shall find, Internet Mail provider, Customize..., Heuristics set the slider to Custom, click Customize... and look for the Attachment checks and untick the first one, the second will probably be ok try it and see, you can always untick it later if need be.

Remember this effects all attachment checking in both NNTP and POP3.