ES - Fwd: Fw: Please do this!
Richard Threlkeld
rjt at softwareinnovation.com
Sun Oct 29 19:26:45 PST 2000
The attachement I got was an *.msg file. But the contents
were binary. I don't open binary attachments even from
friends. I have not ever been hit by a virus to date
(knock on my wooden head), but I have received quite a
few. I saved the file if you want it.
Caelin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-elfsea at ansteorra.org [mailto:owner-elfsea at ansteorra.org]On
> Behalf Of Wilim Penbras
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 1:22 PM
> To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
> Subject: RE: ES - Fwd: Fw: Please do this!
>
>
> I'm not entirely sure what you all got but it certainly wasn't
> anything malicious. I read the e-mail in three different
> programs and everytime it was a text attachment on the power of
> faith. Twice it was simply tagged onto the end and not really a
> seperate attachment and once (in Outlook) it was a .eml
> attachement that opened a second e-mail window where the
> attachment could be read.
>
> I'd be interested to see what binary file you got Caelin.
> Perhaps a floppy of it? (Floppies, the viral spores of the
> technology age)
>
> In Service,
> Wilim (the fat-headed Geek)
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Richard Threlkeld" <rjt at softwareinnovation.com>
> Reply-To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 07:56:50 -0600
>
> >This is a binary file. Don't open it! I don't open attachments
> >unless I know the person who sent it *and* they have communicated
> >with me and I expect the attachment. There are viruses out there
> >that pick up a real message and send you something from the same
> >person, but with an attachment.
> >
> >I saved this one and opened it with a safe program. It is a binary
> >of some sort.
> >
> >Also, don't send things you find anywhere else that are not directly
> >applicable to our purpose. It takes time from us that was to be
> >dedicated to our group. If we don't normally see these things, then
> >we can fairly easily just delete them when they appear even if they
> >come from a friend. Send such things directly to your friends or
> >use another list where such messages are appropriate.
> >
> >Caelin on Andrede
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-elfsea at ansteorra.org [mailto:owner-elfsea at ansteorra.org]On
> >> Behalf Of L D
> >> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 7:46 PM
> >> To: Elfsea
> >> Subject: ES - Fwd: Fw: Please do this!
> >>
> >>
> >> I may be stepping on some toes for this, but sometimes
> >> in life, we all must make a stand.
> >>
> >> Laura
> >>
> >>
> >> Note: forwarded message attached.
> >>
> >>
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