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    1. A note about virus warnings -- from list manager -- please read
    2. Jen's Gen
    3. Listers, as you well know from the list guidelines, posts like this are NOT to be discussed on the list, so any comments or question must come to me privately. As most of you probably know already, there are many, many viruses being written recently, and new ones are written almost daily. PLEASE, be sure to watch for them and be suspicious of any post that comes in your e-mail that carries a suspicious subject line, or unannounced attachment. Also, please be aware the most of these "varmints" do not really come form the addresses you see, but are forged from the address book of someone's infected computer...which is the same source from which your address was found as the sendee. if you are like me, you are receiving warning notes from Anti-virus programs telling you that your computer is sending these messages, when it really isn't. I know my computer is clean, because I have scanned at least daily, and check for updates more than once a day for these very reasons. We all need to do this. The main reason I am posting this morning, is because some times them message was say it is form RootsWeb list address, and it isn't really. That address is in someone's address book, and was used by the infected computer. You cannot receive a truly infected post from a real RootsWeb post. Infected posts come through HTML posts, and RootsWeb doesn't allow anything but plain text messages. Also most viruses are targeted toward Windows Systems and other Bill Gates software, and RootsWeb doesn't use Windows as their OS. So don't panic! Just delete and go on. Jennifer Braswell list manager PS ...For those who are new to using a-mail and computers, I can furnish you a list of links to help you understand more about viruses, Trojans, hoaxes, etc., if you request this privately. Also watch the taglines(list mode) and administrivia (digest mode) for these as well. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 6/4/2004

    06/05/2004 12:44:58