From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Dec 20 16:22:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA25206 for chat-outgoing; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 16:22:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from flash-gordon.haven.boston.ma.us (flash-gordon.haven.boston.ma.us [192.251.193.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA25198 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 16:22:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from benji@flash-gordon.haven.boston.ma.us) Received: (from benji@localhost) by flash-gordon.haven.boston.ma.us (8.8.8/8.8.8/haven-2.42M-971214) id TAA22707 for chat@freebsd.org; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 19:22:41 -0500 (EST) From: behind brown eyes Message-Id: <199712210022.TAA22707@flash-gordon.haven.boston.ma.us> Subject: Re: Old virus hoax was NEW VIRUS To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 19:22:40 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: from "Adrian T. Filipi-Martin" at Dec 20, 97 01:24:44 pm Organization: Where the Wild Things Are X-Personal-Deity: Dionysus X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org According to Adrian T. Filipi-Martin: > I used to view email viruses, like the Good Times Virus, as an > ammusing joke. After all, what could email/plain text do? Well, then > Microsoft created the ability to email word documents with Word macros > that are run when you open it. Oh the horror! MS realized the email > virus! If it's a bad idea, we can count on MS to be the first to bring it > to us. > I don't think Netscape, with their HTMLized, JavaScript enhanced e-mail is any better, either. benji -- Benjamin R. Cline Large Furry Mammal benji@haven.boston.ma.us "I'm more than ever of the opinion that a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society." -- Hannah Arendt