ES - virus warning - from ListAdmin

[Paul Mitchell]

I just do 90% of my e-mail on a Mac.

Thanks for the info Timothy!  We're properly
warned.

- Galen
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>From: Matthew Saroff <saroff at poseidon.vs.lmco.com>
>To: elfsea at Ansteorra.ORG
>Subject: Re: ES - virus warning - from ListAdmin
>Date: Tue, Dec 21, 1999, 1:49 PM
>

>On Dec 21,  1:05pm, Rayburn, Timothy wrote:
>> Since this virus affects Outlook users, it has access to their
>> addressbook, which is why lots of folks Gilli knows got the message.  It
>> is very likely using the Sent Mail folder to capture subject lines you
>> hace used as well.  The full text from Symantec.Com (makers of Norton
>> Anti-Virus, a very reputable source) is included below.  I do not
>> believe this is a case of someone abusing the list, simply a more
>> widespread infection that happen to hit Ansteorra at ansteorra.org which we
>> have alot of cross-subscribers to, etc.
> As I spend at least 1/2 of my time using Unix mailers, I can say that
>it's not particularly compatible with the rest of the world.  It's also
>spectacularly unsecure.  Eudora light and Pegasus mail are free, and far less
>susceptible to this sort of stuff.
>
>
>
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>Matthew Saroff
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