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Re: off list virus question
- Subject: Re: off list virus question
- From: Jay McNally jmcnally@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 11:26:48 -0400
Ed,
I use Xywrite in Dos and the rest of my machine is Windows based.
I am unaware completely of how one would open a Word file in
Xywrite. Based on the few messages I've seen today, it appears there is a
way to open attachments, even Word documents in Xywrite.
I'd love to learn how.
True?
Jay McNally
At 11:13 PM 7/21/01 -0700, you wrote:
Carl:
I don't think it extreme at all if one can avoid a trashed computer.
Carl, the problem is that many worms read the victim's address book -- in
this case, say, that of your sainted mother, and send on the message to
the first fifty addresses listed.
You, thinking it is S.M. who has sent you a warm greeting, innocently
open the "benign" attachment. And plunge into darkness.
As for transferring files, even large ones, I simply read the file into
the text of the letter. But then I use a UNIX-based mail program, Pine,
which makes it easy.
Ed
On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Carl Distefano wrote:
>
> Reply to note from Ed Cray Sat, 21 Jul 2001
> 22:41:23 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > I would have expected that such longtime computer users as
> > Xywriters would know NEVER to open attachments, regardless of
> > who purportedly sent it.
>
> Isn't that a bit extreme? I would have thought it enough not to
> open attachments from any sender you don't personally know or any
> attachment you didn't specifically request. Otherwise, how do you
> exchange files?
>
> --
> Carl Distefano
> cld@xxxxxxxx
> http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/
>