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Subject: Re: Bas Hamstra has caught a virus. I have a suggestion...

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 10:52:26 01/02/02

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On January 01, 2002 at 21:12:25, Steven Schwartz wrote:

>Whenever I receive these emails, there is always an underscore
>before the first letter of the email address and no text. I just
>reply by erasing the underscore and writing a short note that
>says,
>"Hi, We have received an email with no text. Please resend
>or check you computer for viruses. We have been told that this may
>be caused by a computer virus/worm.
>Regards, Steve"
>
>Then they receive the email (if you leave the underscore on, it
>will bounce) and can take action. Posting here is only effective
>if the person happens to visit here.
>Steve

I received email from Bas too (probably the same virus) and just tried this --
mail to both his address with a leading underscore and his address without a
leading underscore seemed to bounce.  I was just heading here as a last resort!

Dave



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