Fran, as I was not the only one who remarked that they would prefer text with any links, it clearly is not just me. My point was so that no one was mislead by thinking if that circumstance didn't exist, it meant the link was safe. We have had bare link virus emails sent to this list before and people have gotten viruses by clicking on them. So, believe it or not, this isn't about you. And while not on topic with historic costuming, it is on topic with regards to members of this list getting viruses previously. As you are often seen to say, if you aren't interested in the discussion, don't read it. Teena
Um, you are aware that there could be accompanying text and the link could still contain a virus? All the junk my ISP's spamcatcher dumps into my graymail has accompanying text. This is a ridiculous discussion, as the only person it matters to whether you click on a link, is you. Thankfully, this moribund list seems to be moving on to some actual content. Fran Lavolta Press Books of historic clothing patterns http://www.lavoltapress.com/ On 9/21/2012 9:01 AM, Beteena Paradise wrote: > Lauren said: "PS: By the way, you can often tell if a link is a virus if you > mouse-over and the actual URL doesn't match the visible link and/or ends in > .exe. Don't click on those!" > This is definitely true for phishing and spoof emails, but the virus emails >that contain only a link and no text generally don't do this. I would >recommend never clicking on a link that doesn't have accompanying text. > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ________________________________ From: Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Puts the burden where it belongs! _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
