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Subject:Re: unrequested attachments may contain virus From:Kat Nagel/MasterWork <katnagel -at- EZNET -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 7 Nov 1996 21:08:17 -0500
>Dear colleagues:
>I think these unasked-for attachments that are being sent may contain a
>virus.
As far as I can see, these are the standard RTF-containing WINwhatzit
goodies that MS Exchange inflicts on the rest of the known universe.
>I realized this after reading on the list today that another
>techwriter with a Mac had experienced crashes as a result of these
>attachments.
I'm looking at them on a Mac with:
o SimpleText
o Word
o FrameMaker
o Eudora Pro
Lotsa encoded garbage; no crashes.
They download more rapidly than web GIFs on my tired old desktop system
(Centris 650, 16MHz, 14.4 modem). I don't like'em, but I wouldn't accuse
them of being disease-bearing pseudofauna. [Stop that, Katherine Elizabeth.
<slap> You promised to behave yourself if I removed your muzzle.]
I just let'em dribble into my Attachments folder, and try to remember to
delete them at least once a day.
In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was Chocolate.
And The Word became flesh, and dwelt upon us forever.
_______________________________Confections 2 oz : 360 cal
