Thanks for sticking up for me Mr. Hannum.
I'm as sorry as the next guy for ignorantly viewing this attachment.
Apologies everywhere.
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Hannum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: Email viruses, and why they work on plain text lists
> OK - I won't reply to your message as to save productivity and bandwidth.
*-)
>
> Actually I've been amused that some folks thought that Frank would send
that to the list intentionally . . .
> Granted, getting it in the first place is bad enough, but to be accused of
passing it on knowingly, well,
> that's adding salt to the wound. . .
>
> Dave
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Seth Petry-Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 9:43 AM
> Subject: Email viruses, and why they work on plain text lists
>
>
> List,
>
> In the past two days we've seen two email viruses posted to this list.
> Fortunately, since the list doesn't accept anything other than plain text
> mail, no one has been infected directly from the list. HOWEVER, the virus
> is STILL doing its job, to a degree.
>
> The purpose of a virus, worm, trojan horse, etc is generally to cause
> disruptions, reduce productivity, and otherwise be a pain in the ass.
Well,
> and I don't mean this in any sort of negative or critical way, I find the
> subsequent 20-30 "<x> is a virus" messages annoying and disruptive.
>
> Again, I'm not trying to take a negative attitude here, but is it really
> necessary for EVERYONE to point out that "check this" or "ILOVEYOU" is a
> virus? I would ask that in the interest of bandwidth and being nice to
> Michael's servers we *ignore* these attempted viruses, for the most part.
If
> these appear again I would ask that everyone wait for a short while before
> alerting the list about the virus, since in all likelihood someone else
has
> already done so.
>
> Just a simple plea.
>
> Regards,
> Seth Petry-Johnson
> Argo Enterprise and Associates
>
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