what are we to do,
Annie Young
East Phillips
At 08:48 AM 8/26/03 -0500, List Manager wrote:
> A warning to list members... I've been getting hundreds of emails a day the > past few days- all infected with the Sobig virus. They are coming from > strangers, from folks at the Metro Council and several list members, > including the list administrator this a.m., so be careful!
Just a note about the dastardly SoBig (and just try running a list-serve during an outbreak; I deleted 400 messages Friday before they got to the list!):
The address on the infected e-mail message IS NOT the address the virus came from - it takes a random address from infected computer's address books to cover its tracks.
So whatever you do, DON'T compound the misery by sending a note (angry or otherwise) to the "originator" of the e-mail - he or she almost certainly didn't send it, and you're increasing the excess traffic due to this thing.
That said, Mike's warning is well-placed. However, I'm fairly sure no infected e-mails came from Minneapolis Issues.
David Brauer List manager
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