On Tue Jan 27 2004 at 13:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Spam detection software, running on the system "conn4m.toms.net", has
> identified this incoming email as possible spam.  The original message
> has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or block
> similar future email.  If you have any questions, see
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details.

Ouch.  Pity this message wasn't simply discarded (or at least
manually reviewed) before it was distributed to the list :-(  Hmm,
it also appears to have successfully masqueraded as being sent by
Tom.  oh well.  I guess that there's not much that tomsrtbt can do
about it :)

> The original message was not completely plain text, and may be unsafe to
> open with some email clients; in particular, it may contain a virus,
> or confirm that your address can receive spam.  If you wish to view
> it, it may be safer to save it to a file and open it with an editor.

Indeed... this isn't spam, it's the mydoom (novarg) virus (and I've
had a hellava day cleaning up the mess and confusion it has caused
around here... :)   (The anti-virus scanners weren't detecting it
until the very latest updates).

This virus includes a DoS attack against SCO's website, heh, this
aspect of it I don't particularly mind :-)

> Content-Type: application/octet-stream;
>       name="document.zip"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
> Content-Disposition: attachment;
>       filename="document.zip"

Delete this menace if you still have it, and those running windows
boxes should check their systems (see the antivirus web sites for
details).

now back to your usual mailing list viewing...

Cheers
Tony

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