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to: mark lewis
from: Joe Delahaye
date: 2015-03-14 19:21:32
subject: Unpacking insecure arcmail

Re: Unpacking insecure arcmail
  By: mark lewis to Joe Delahaye on Sat Mar 14 2015 11:45:02

 JD>> If indeed it would be a mail bomb, then unpacking it first before
 JD>> tossing would still create problems I would think.

 ML> that's why the tosser simply inspects the bundle to see what the
 ML> compression ratio is before unpacking... it seems that many developers
 ML> have forgotten how to do these common things as has been done since at
 ML> least the 90s...


I think more likely the thought of mailbonbs as a threat no longer exists.
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