Ok I received this email from someone in my company and I would like to know if anyone else ever saw a msg like this. In no way would I ever attempt on doing this but I would like to know what it really would do if it was done. I think its a hoax that could damage your Gal not sure though. Read below and let me know what you guys think it would do. Also I look on trends website and couldnt find anything under hoaxes about this one.
RGDS Rich From: G. Paasman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 1:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Important: simple way to stop sending of emails by a virus Importance: High I received the following email which makes sense. It could have prevented some MAJOR embarrassments in the past and it probably WILL in the future. I have tried it and indeed it will not send an email but will tell you that one of the recipients has no email address. Maybe you have already received this email; In this case I apologize for sending it to you (again). I am just trying to avoid us all a headache. Good luck ! Bye bye/groetjes/tschuues/aux revoir/ciao/adios/yiasu - Ger(rit) Paasman Stop the spread of viruses - Trick your address book ! Who among us doesn't know someone who has experienced the embarrassment of unknowingly spreading a computer virus via their email address book? It's time to STOP this from happening by TAKING CONTROL of your email program! For those who are unaware, many computer viruses spread themselves by sending themselves to everyone in your address book. Imagine how you would feel if you were unknowingly infected with a computer virus, and worse yet, your friends, family, and business contacts were being targeted by your computer! This tip won't prevent YOU from getting any viruses (you have to scan those attachments yourself before opening them to do that), but it will stop those viruses from latching onto your address book and sending itself out to others. To avoid spreading computer viruses, create a contact in your email address book with in the NAME field, the NUMBER 0000 (4 x zero) with no email address in the details. This contact will then show up as your first contact. If a virus attempts to do a "send all" on your contact list, your pc will put up an error message saying that: "The Message could not be sent. One or more recipients do not have an e-mail address. Please check your Address Book and make sure all the recipients have a valid e-mail address." You click on OK and the offending (virus) message would not have been sent to anyone. Of course no changes have been made to your original contacts list. The offending (virus) message may then be automatically stored in your "Drafts" or "Outbox" folder. Go in there and delete the offending message. Problem is solved and virus is not spread. Try this and pass on to your email contacts. The more people that use this technique, the less vulnerable we will be to viruses that spread in this manner! _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
