[Scottish] Outlook Users (again!)

tmw2n scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk
Tue Oct 8 21:19:59 2002


hear hear.  i mean if you HAVE to use windows, there are safer mail 
clients too.
On Tuesday, October 8, 2002, at 08:41 PM, Graeme Mathieson wrote:

> Could all the folks on the list that are using Outlook:
>
> a) Make sure their virus checker is up to date[1]
> b) Visit windowsupdate.microsoft.com to make sure everything else is up
>    to date too.
>
> And, regardless of the outcome of the above two items:
>
> c) *Remove* me from your address book.
>
> Not only do I not want to receive viruses from you, I don't want you
> sending viruses that appear to come from me.
>
> The current evil virus-ridden luser is:
>
> * A customer of Freeserve.
> * Subscribed to ScotLUG.
> * Subscribed to EdLUG.
> * Appears to have freeserve.broadband@verisign.com in their address 
> book.
> * Appears to have alix@mandrakesoft.com in their address book.
>
> freeserve.broadband@verisign.com looks a little suspicious.  I wonder 
> if
> this breed of virus is being a little more inventive in creating from
> addresses.
>
> [1] What do you mean you don't have a virus scanner?  Get one FFS!
> -- 
> mathie+sig@wossname.org.uk          "If you ever need anything please 
> don't
> http://www.wossname.org.uk/~mathie/  hesitate to ask someone else 
> first.
>                                      I'm too busy acting like I'm not 
> naive.
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> first."
>                                          -- Cobain, "Very Ape"
>
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