Ooops, sorry Muriel! Did I try and send you off on vacation too early? Sorry about that! Saw your notice what you were "taking off" on the 7th failed to read the month properly. Personally, I'm glad to have you around as long as you like - on the other hand you deserve a good vacation as much, if not more than, any of us. As to your "rejects" - please do not send me any more SPAM! Believe me I already get my fair share! When your mail address is published on the web, as mine is, you become the target of every "spammer" that ever was. And just like you, I review every piece of SPAM just in case it's a genuine message which as been incorrectly caught. I'm sure we can all trust your judgement on rejecting the SPAM messages which are sent to the list, and thank you for doing the weeding for us.:-) Malcolm Archive CD Books Canada Inc. President: Malcolm Moody PO Box 11 Manotick Ontario, K4M 1A2 Canada. (613) 692-2667 WEB SITE: http://www.ArchiveCDBooks.ca On 8 Jul, 2007, at 11:54, muriel m davidson wrote: > Hello Malcolm -- > Sorry to disappoint you, Malcolm -- unless you prefer a new > list admin -- I am not leaving for Nova Scotia until August - > please let me know. > There was one bounce to the Simcoe list which I am certain > nobody would care to have received -- list admins get rid of them > but this one included .pdf and was sent from uk > It had to be possibly dangerous or else Mailman would not have > bounced it -- wish they would dump the critters themselves. > Let me know -- do youwant a sample, Malcolm or a new > list administrator -- I am only trying to keep the SPAM > our of your computers. > Muriel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Malcolm Moody" <malcolm@archivecdbooks.ca> > To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:05 AM > Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Learning A New E-Mail Skill! > > > Hi John / Muriel (although I hope Muriel is well on her way to N.S. by > now - have a great time!) > > Just to straighten out a couple of technical issues and hopefully > shed a little light on the subject of PDF files. > > First although the Adobe company "sponsored" the development of the > PDF format (and consequently are the leader in its use) it is what is > called an "Open" standard which means it can be used by anyone who > wants to write software to make and / or read PDF files. Look around - > you will find quite a few other companies making PDF creators - and > much cheaper that Adoby's "Acrobat." BUT, be your own judge on the > quality and facility of that software Application! > > Second, the basis of the worry about opening a PDF document from an > unknown source: The PDF format was generated as a brilliant solution > to what was becoming a major problem some years ago when every document > generating "Application" used it's own file format "standard." There > was the silly situation developing that two people / companies wanting > to exchange software documents HAD to agree to use the same software! > The PDF format allowed people to exchange documents freely - knowing > they would be accurately rendered - without having to buy multiple > "Applications" all doing basically the same thing. > > As usual, however, there were developments way beyond what had been > foreseen during the original development of the PDF standard and as > various Applications developed fancier, and cleverer, "tricks" these > have been accommodated within the PDF standard (well some of them.) > Sounds good? Well some of the new tricks allow for instructions in a > PDF document to actually send commands directly to your computer, many > without asking your permission! This is exactly what you need if you > want to infest a computer with a virus, or to install spy ware. You > just bury your "mall-ware" in an otherwise innocent looking PDF file. > > Now obviously the people developing the PDF specification were aware > of this danger but, probably correctly, decided that they had to keep > up with the needs for a truly "portable" (the "P" in Portable Document > Format ) file format or become obsolete. > > So, therein lies the issue. "Portable" documents in PDF format are up > there along with "sliced bread" as far as great inventions go but they > come with a responsibility for the user to use them wisely. (Don't > forget you can buy mass-produced, "plastic," bread in the "sliced" > format too. :-) ) John's right about the usefulness (is that a > word?) of the PDF format and Muriel's right about not accepting them > from unknown sources. See, there is a way for everyone to be right! > > Sorry to "rattle" on about non-genealogy stuff, but these things are > getting to be important to all computer users. > > Malcolm > Archive CD Books Canada Inc. > President: Malcolm Moody > PO Box 11 > Manotick > Ontario, K4M 1A2 > Canada. > (613) 692-2667 > WEB SITE: http://www.ArchiveCDBooks.ca > >> Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:03:07 -0400 >> From: "muriel m davidson" <muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca> >> Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Learning A New E-Mail Skill! >> To: <john.laurie.wright@sympatico.ca> >> Cc: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <007001c7bfde$c35d8740$0a02a8c0@your4dacd0ea75> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" >> >> Hello John -- >> I knew someone would question my statement. >> However, when a posting bounces, I have to click on the >> given URL, enter my password, then check whether I should >> Admit, Defer, {ones that are discarded} or send to myself. >> Should I get an email address like etain.shrdky@youknow.pdk.uk >> You can guess what I do --- DUMP THE CRITTER. >> >> I could let them go to the list and everyone might get his or her >> computer contaminated, but that is not the way I work. >> >> Thanks for the experienced information -- I am talking about >> SPAM items -- do not open unless you know the person. >> Possibly you do not know what I mean unless a list administrator. >> >> PDF files have their uses, as I know -- I use Adobe a great deal, >> but I am talking about those people who have nothing better to >> do than send us JUNK which could damage a computer. >> Thank heaven they come to me first -- but there might be a slip-up. >> >> Muriel >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John Wright" <john.laurie.wright@sympatico.ca> >> >> Hi Muriel >> >> I agree 100% with deleting part/most of the an email message before >> responding to the list. >> >> However, must question your advice regarding pdf files. > > >