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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