It's been debunked on this list in the last 60 days. Chris -- Chris Scharff Senior Sales Engineer MessageOne If you can't measure, you can't manage!
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tener, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 7:34 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: possible hoax but not sure > > > 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] > _________________________________________________________________ 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]
