Re: The ad for "Wolfsburg Magazine"

[Jean-Claude Desinor <desinor@ibm.net>]

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              scirocco-l@scirocco.org

** Reply to note from "Foxx (in a box)" <iraldly@otterbein.edu> Tue, 05 Oct 1999 03:04:52 -0400
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> > >Did anyone else get the note entitled "Free Issue For You?"
> > >It did NOT come thru the list, it looks like someone got the list of
> > >list members and sent it directly to them. I am a bit disturbed by
> > >that.......

  I have not received it either.

> else having the 'melissa' virus and them not eve knowing it (and for
> you people that are paranoid, you cannot contract a virus by reading
> your e-mail, though it *can* be coded into those of you who read
> e-mail sent in html format (though it takes someone very skilled to do
> this and i doubt that the ricers (the only people who'd try and trash
> this group) would even have the know-how.

  You cannot assume the sender does not have the know-how, if all
they do is be infected with a virus and pass it on.

  Actually, there are settings in IE and Outlook that will allow an MS
Office document to be opened automatically. Most of the recent rash
of Melissa like viruses use MS Office macros, so you may want to
check your settings and make sure they do not allow auto execution.


        Jean-Claude
        ICQ: 47403427

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