I did receive the message and my helpful email editor gave the offending file a different name but also produced GLENN5(1).jpg which did work using a jpeg viewer that is very fussy about file structures and refuses to load anything that is not pukka.
Regards, Peter Fox In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lafe McCorkle) wrote: > I did not receive the message you commented on because it may be worse > than you think. The message that I received was: 'RAV Antiviris > deleted this email because it contained a virus. > > Lafe > > Norman Dunbar wrote: > > >The message 'to class' allegedly from Ron, is in HTML format and > carries a > >payload called win98.pif which is AUTOMATICALLY run if you open or > preview > >the email (ok, in Outlook - but there may be others>) > > > >Is there any way the moderators of these two lists can stop HTML mails > >getting through, or have them converted to plain text so that this > sort of > >thing won't affect us again. I have this option on some of my other > email > >lists and it does reduce the crap that is sent through to me. > > > >Just wondering. > > > >Norman. P.M. Fox
