Date:         Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:36:23 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Virus Alert
Comments: To: Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
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At 04:25 PM 10/4/2002, Clive Smith wrote:
>some f*** out there is sending pmails

Careful Clive, you might catch one yourself someday...the first (and only,
so far) virus I've distributed was in fact to all 800 members of the
Vanagon list, and it happened when I used my sister's computer in Seattle
to send mail.  Her machine had been infected for seven months at the time
(it was the one that put up a little fireworks display if you ran it --
Good Times?  I forget) -- but she used AOL which doesn't go through the
regular TCP/IP stack and wasn't affected.  I installed a "real" mailer, and
guess where I sent my first message...

cheers,
david


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