On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 07:44 +0530, Linux Lover wrote: > I have received the message from a source and send it to others with a > view to aware our community regarding the message. I have not tested the > result or better to say yet not receive the requisite file which can do > the harm.
This is a Linux Users' Group list, please have some sense and realise that a Microsoft Powerpoint worm is ineffective in Linux. > If this message saves anybody of us, it is the utility of the message, > nothing more. > However, would you please explain, why you want to say the message as > offtopic? If you can provide a list of offtopic matter, it will > certainly help me to understand why you are treating the message a > offtopic one. Anything not directly connected with Linux/other FLOSS software (including BSD) is OT, and any mail posted which does not meet the above definition should be prefixed with the [OT] tag. Quite a few people are subscribed to a number of mailing lists and instruct their MUAs to delete [OT] mail automatically > Lugs are the room full of linux users who enjoys even gossiping with > linux. So, my effort was to draw attention with the CAPS LOCK lines, so > that nobody keeps himself unaware of the message, rest of the message is > not written in CAPS LOCK. Unfortunately your efforts have been misunderstood. Besides, the rest of the message is obviously not your. > It is sent for a feedback to save our friends, if you feel it is really > harmful one, I do not plea before your honour to keep myself in this > group, if you kicks me out of this group. Please cross-check the veracity of the sources of such "warnings". Most of the time these are well-known hoaxes and it's extremely irritating for quite a few of us to clog up our mailboxes with such hoaxes. Besides I don't see you as a "saviour" simply because your warning is totally unwarranted for *all* Linux users. > regards > anindya Please do look up basic mailing list etiquette,the Kolkata LUG one is here : http://www.ilug-cal.org/?q=node/view/2 There are other pages too, and a quick Google search would turn up quite a few of them. -- Soumyadip Modak IntraGate Program Manager L2C2 Technologies -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Innovations that make a Difference -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone : +91 94330 65971 WWW : http://www.l2c2.org -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
