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To: mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>, mgt <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Subject: Virus catcher
From: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:19:23 -0600
All:

I recieved this from a relative.

I know this will work as I've encountered the problem of not
having a valid email address in my book.

Blake

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Trick your address book! 


Who among us doesn't know someone who has experienced the 
embarrassment of unknowingly spreading a computer virus via 
their email address book?  It's time to STOP this from happening 
by TAKING CONTROL of your email program!    

For those who are unaware, many computer viruses spread
themselves 
by sending themselves to everyone in your address book.  Imagine 
how you would feel if you were unknowingly infected with a
computer 
virus, and worse yet, your friends, family, and business contacts
were 
being targeted by your computer!   Well, if you want to avoid
this sort 
of thing, here's a great tip: 

This tip won't prevent YOU from getting any viruses (you have 
to scan those attachments yourself before opening them to do 
that), but it will stop those viruses from latching onto your
address 
book and sending itself out to others. 

To avoid spreading computer viruses, create a contact in your
email 
address book with the name: !0000  with no email address in 
the details. This contact will then show up as your first
contact. 
If a virus attempts to do a "send all" on your contact list, your 
pc will put up an error message saying that: "The Message could 
not be sent. One or more recipients do not have an e-mail
address. 
Please check your Address Book and make sure all the recipients 
have a valid e-mail address." You click on OK and the offending 
(virus) message would not have been sent to anyone.  Of course, 
no changes have been made to your original contacts list. The 
offending (virus) message may then be automatically stored in 
your "Drafts" or "Outbox" folder. Go in there and delete the
offending 
message. Problem is solved and virus is not spread. 

Try this and pass on to your email contacts.  The more people
that 
use this technique, the less vulnerable we will be to viruses
that 
spread in this manner!

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