[svlug] Advisory CA-2003-0401: /dev/null Vulnerability (fwd)

[J C Lawrence]

On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:09:29 -0800 
Karen Shaeffer <shaeffer at neuralscape.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 11:21:53AM -0800, J C Lawrence wrote:
>> On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 10:17:24 -0800
 
>> Yeah.  I suck /.'s RSS feed and run it thru rss2email and thence thru
>> procmail.  Ditto for the 30-odd other RSS feeds I track.  Makes it
>> much easier and simpler to track, filter, and cherrypick.

> Whoah... As always, I'm impressed with your skill and focus... I'd
> expect nothing less from you JC.

Urk.  <bow>

> I'm really not that sophisticated with email... 

Procmail is your friend.

> Interestingly though, the lists I am on are all very focused and
> consistently have excellent s/n ratios. The exception would be the red
> hat rpm list, which is problematic due to the terrible state of the
> RPM package manager and the lack of decent documentation. But I feel a
> need to lurk there, because I use Red Hat.

One of the things I should really dress up and package at some point is
my interesting-mail filter setup.  I makes participating in and
following large numbers of lists far easier.

> Thanks for the inspiring comments... When I grow up, I want to be like
> JC.  (smiles ;)

Okay, you've got me running.  Heeeeeeeeeelp!

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J C Lawrence                
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