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Re: off list virus question





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/ >