Hello mark,   
      
   On Fri Dec 15 2017 20:48:50, mark lewis wrote to Nicholas Boel:   
      
    NB>> Quite a few BBS softwares have an upload checker, which extracts   
    NB>> a zip file and injects whatever the sysop defines into it. Think   
    NB>> about it.   
      
    ml> i have one here... is used only when BBS users upload... it only   
    ml> ""injects"" maybe an NFO file and/or possibly a zip comment... it   
    ml> cannot execute a binary injection mechanism... however, yes, if the   
    ml> system is infested, it is possible that one might be... but ummmm... i   
    ml> run an ""antique OS that you wouldn't run"" and guess what? there's no   
    ml> infesting critters that can work on it so, hummm...   
      
   Point is, a BBS can inject whatever the fuck the sysop defines. YOU and I most   
   likely would do just an NFO or TXT or something, which is what it was made   
   for. However, with all the dummies floating around, you just can't trust   
   everyone.   
      
    NB>> I knew you would veer off on a tangent with this. I'll check the   
    NB>> files on my own system, with or without your say-so. Thanks   
    NB>> though!   
      
    ml> no veering... no tangent... certainly not trying to influence you and   
    ml> your operation... just pointing out another side of the fence ;)   
      
   Why? To be the guy that makes some kind of a redundant point?   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
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