At 10:01 PM 3/14/00 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>I'm Iron Mike Burke. I wanted to say that i support your initiative and
>concern for not wanting viruses, Rangernet mail comes with a [RR] in the
>subject line and has likely already been screened by the moderator Mike
>Johnson.
... slight correction ... RangerNet is an UNMODERATED mailing list. Any
list member can post anything directly to the list, and it goes to everyone
before I see it. I do my moderation before people post, by sending them a
FAQ, and afterwards, if something was extremely inappropriate.
> When you read an email, you may want to look at it while it is
>still on the list before you open it, if it has a file attached to it, what I
>do is ask the person right back if they sent the file if they tell me no,
>then I delete it. The only really way that you would get most any virus from
>an infected e-mail is if you open it, this is a trojan horse virus that in
>most cases can hurt your system. It would be perhaps a great idea to invest
>in a virus checker program, Like Norton, McAfee, or Thunderbyte. I use
>Thunderbyte and it let's me know it if it even thinks it has a possible match.
You can't get a computer virus by READING email, but you can by executing
an attachment (including Word macros).
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