Hi Brent -- At 07:12 6/11/99 -0700, you wrote: >With this latest virus running around, I found myself wondering: You need an excuse? I talk to the trees, that's why they put me away....
>Since I subscribe in "Digest" mode, Now *that* strikes me as the hard way. Lots easier to take 'em as they come and just filter them into a Van-list folder. :) > my List mailings come in the form of a >string of e-mail attachments. Since I open the individual e-mails in order >to read them, I'm wondering if Gerry can somehow inadvertently transmit >these e-mail viruses this way... You have to actually execute the zippedfiles.exe attachment, the name will be on the cover. I've never seen Gerry's digest mode, so I don't know exactly what the msgs look like, but a .exe file should certainly be distinguishable from the others. david David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net |
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