On Sat, 14 Mar 2015, Joe Delahaye wrote to mark lewis:

 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 
 ML> developers have forgotten how to do these common things as has 
 ML> been done since at least the 90s...

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

never let your guard down... we might be smaller than the net was in years
past when two well known folks got into a controversy and one set up their
mailer to send $CLOCK to the other... $CLOCK is a never ending
psuedo-file... it was documented in the snooze IIRC... i know i've read it
several times... this was one of the things that lead to mailer developers
to not allow such psuedo-files to be attached like this...

)\/(ark