This sort of thing reminds me of an e-mail I recieved some years ago, the
gist of which was:
"I am a virus that affects only stupid people's computers: please delete all
the files on your hard disk. Thankyou."
Apologies if you've seen this one before, but it amused me no end.
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David Booth
Senior GIS Officer
Merseyside Information Service
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 17 April 2001 10:58
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: MI-L To everyone at adas.co.uk
>
> Bill -
>
> It's not only the Ceberus doggie that won't allow vbscript-like text in
> the
> messages. I've had the dubious pleasure of being swamped with email replys
> from the Marshmellow man - oh I mean the McAfee _Mailmarshall_ antivirus
> whatever - containing dire wanings about virus i my emails. This happens,
> when I put snippets of _MapBasic_ code in my message. Not as an
> attachment,
> but as a part of a plain text message. As a result, I have stopped
> replying
> to questions about MapBasic from the list - at least, where the reply
> would
> have to contain MapBasic code. I'ts not funny, when you have to delete a
> multitude of virus warnings from the inbox ...and being told, in no
> uncertain terms, that your eagerly awaited MapBasic answer has been dumped
> in the great big BitBucket in the sky... :-(
>
> regards
>
> Bo Thomsen
> GeoConsult I/S
> Denmark
>
>
>
> > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > Fra: Bill Thoen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sendt: 16. april 2001 21:10
> > Til: MapInfo-L
> > Emne: MI-L To everyone at adas.co.uk
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > Scanning of this message and attachments reveals that it contains a
> > virus.
> > >
> > > Messages containing viruses are not accepted by ADAS not sent out to
> the
> > internet. This message has been deleted.
> >
> > You folks at adas.co.uk (and a few others) might not be aware of
> > this, but every MapInfo-L message that contains certain examples
> > of mapbasic code is being screened and deleted by the
> > three-headed dog guarding the gates of whatever kind of hell you
> > are in (your MIS dept.'s pet, Cerberus). It sees mapbasic as
> > VBscript and interprets that as a virus. Obviously it's not a
> > virus (we strip attachments off here before mail goes out), but
> > in case you were wondering what all the barking was about inside
> > your mail server, and why you aren't getting all your MapInfo-L
> > mail, now you know. (see nice image of the doggie at
> > http://www.vampyra.com/demons/cerberus.htm. Note how easily it
> > lets Dante and his guide pass!)
> >
> > - Bill Thoen
> >
> >
> >
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