Subj : Re: PDF Issue To : Barry Martin From : Ky Moffet Date : Thu Oct 31 2024 10:21:00 BARRY MARTIN wrote: > Hi Ky! > > KM> Yeah, spamtrap behavior sometimes changes on the server. > > Which isn't a bad thing, just sometimes is overzealous. Or insufficiently, as the case may be. > > KM> Ionos/1&1 lately has issues keeping track of what domains are > KM> whitelisted or blacklisted. They changed something, and now no > KM> workee rightee. > > And getting it corrected is probably a major job! Yeah. Earthlink's spamfilter nearly always gets it right. 1&1 has been either hyperactive or not active enough. > KM> If spam filtering is set to HIGH, that will commonly block all > KM> attachments it doesn't for some reason like, innocent or not. > > I can see that: .EXE has the possibilty of doing something bad, so ban > all EXE. The correct function should be sandbox (right term?) all > EXE's, check the code for bad actions, let the ones without the bad > functions on their way. > > S.N. a: I know: overly simplified. > S.N. b: Why does that remind me of TSA checks?! Because it's security theatre?? > > KM> If .TXT goes through, but the same file named .PDF does not, then > > KM> it's judging by extension rather than content. > > Which I guess could be a super-basic layer of protection. With old > KM> It's super-dumb is what it is. It resulted from the default > KM> hiding of extensions by Windows. > > Right. All that is needed is to change the extension back. Yup. SANE programs read the file header, which USUALLY tells you what it IS!! ACDSee (image viewer) is pretty good about that. Most are not. > > Windows I used to save BBS files with a date extension:.A27 would be > > October 27. I might have something like PDF_Prob.A27, PDF_Prob.A31, > > PDF_Prob.B03 ==> complied with the 8.3 filename rule at the time, and I > > could keep the file from getting too big. > KM> Yeah, back when there were no defaults I used them similarly! > > I eventually had to tell Windows to open those date code extensions with > a text reader. That's one of my common uses for EditPad Lite -- here's an ancient file with a weird extension, let's see what's in it... > > KM> I have a weird problem on Silver (running XP64) where at first > > KM> just SeaMonkey, then gradually all internet apps, refuse to > > KM> save-to-disk .EXE, .MSI, .MP3 (but .MP4 are fine) and a few > > KM> others... tho they will download them to cache, just won't save > > KM> to disk. The solution is to name it FILENAME.EXE.TXT when saving > > KM> it, then rename it later. I've been unable to find what is > > KM> screwed up in permissions, and why it only affects downloads ... > > KM> I can copy the same file from another PC on the network, no > > KM> issues. > > That is sort of strange! > KM> And it didn't happen immediately, it happened after about a year > KM> of the system in use and set in stone. WTF. > > I've had sort of the same thing happen here: everything seems to work > fine after the change, but then some time later something no longer > works. The immediate past changes (if any) aren't the cause. Digital poltergeists! Oh, and yesterday it added .webp to the Bad List. Saved one, refused to save the next several. "Blocked by your organization." Apparently it's an occasional problem across all versions of Windows, but still haven't found a fix. > > "I've started seeing someone." > > "As in 'dating' or 'hallucinating'?" > KM> Yes, I'm dating a ghost. > > So you've been ghosted?! I'm a ghost writer! þ RNET 2.10U: ILink: Techware BBS þ Hollywood, Ca þ www.techware2k.com --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com (454:1/1) .