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to: Dumas Walker
from: echicken
date: 2024-09-11 23:28:00
subject: Re: File down loads total

  Re: Re: File down loads total
  By: Dumas Walker to GAMGEE on Wed Sep 11 2024 13:30:00

 DW> I used to let anonymous users grab files here but the problem with doing
 DW> that is that it also opens up your file areas to those "virus scanner" and
 DW> "web safety" scammers who will flag your IPA if they find any files that

What's the scam - you need to pay them to get off their list?

I've never heard of this. I have very few files on my site so I may just be immune, but it's been wide open for years and nobody has tried to extort me that I'm aware of.

 DW> by pklite or some such afterwards, it is a good way to get yourself
 DW> blacklisted.

Blacklisted where? What impact does this have?

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