Thanks, Bob. As the founder and manager of an International mailing list for British Rover owners ( don't go there, Beeky :-), I am very trigger-happy with SPAM reaching our list. Our private server (located in the UK, as it happens), prevents attachments and HTML coded messages (Rich Text, Enhanced, HTML, etc) from being accepted and thus passed to members.
As webmaster of a variety of websites, I am also a mark for SPAM to my personal email address. Who hasn't had pleading emails containing Nigerian money related offers? Anyway, as Bob pointed out, I wasn't trying to be sarcastic to anyone who thought he was sending a warning. I *was* trying to tease Bob or George, however. Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 2:17 AM Subject: Re: [canals-list] Was: READ IMMEDIATELY PLS-IMPORTANT now SPAM? > On Friday, August 03, 2007 9:00 AM [GMT+1=CET], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Nothing to with spam. I was sent these warnings of dangerous >> virus. I was asked to pass them on which I have in the >> hope of being helpful. No need to be sarcastic. If it is >> spam then I apologise for being naive. > > No warning came through with your previous mail. I presume that it was > included in an attachment which are always stripped by the YahooGroups > before the forwarding of messages. Your message therefore came through as > an 'empty message' and I can quite understand anybody being wary of it. > > You might like to consider the fact that anybody who is anxious about not > getting a virus on his system will undoubtedly do these two things: > > 1. They will have anti-virus software installed > > 2. They will not open unsolicited attachments. > > Your attachment, had it not been stripped by YahooGroups, would therefore > not have been read by many. And I suppose that you do realise that many > emails that purport to be warnings of dangerous viruses, do actually carry > the viruses that they warn against. > > Virus warnings are almost always considered as SPAM and SPAM is a form of > virus passed on by human hand. > > Nothing sarcastic here! > > > -- > Bob > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
