Thanks Lauraine! NO -- I definitely did not misdirect anyone re PDF messages -- the little critters are coming directly to my personal email, plus the bounces on the mail lists One has to be careful and should you see and adddress such as andsva@cgi.fm.ca.pdf get rid of the thing as soon as possible. There were many messages re SPAMMING by Earthlink on Listowners -- and I do not believe this -- I think it is being done by some people who should be out working off some of their energy during the summer. My four step-children and three children all had summer jobs -- even if baby-sitting. For any who are lovers of fish, my oldest stepson had the best job -- selling fish from a van - bringing lobster and halibut home for both of us. By all means -- check who is sending you a cute note! These are in addition to the ones bounced on the mail list. Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauraine Syrnick" <syrnick@mts.net> To: <john.laurie.wright@sympatico.ca>; <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:14 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Learning A New E-Mail Skill! Hi John: I do not think Muriel misdirected anyone. One needs to be careful opening any attachment. The general rule is to not open any attachments unless you know the sender! Virus & gremlins can be inserted into all sorts of files and attachments. The wisest course is to just delete messages sent by unknown persons and to be very wary about opening attachments. If you simply cannot resists attachments, download to a CD and view from that medium. Definitely use PDF files frequently but no longer use ADOBE. The program Foxit reads PDFs and is less than 1/4 the resource hog of ADOBE. Lauraine ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wright" <john.laurie.wright@sympatico.ca> To: "'muriel m davidson'" <muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca> Cc: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 5:33 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Learning A New E-Mail Skill! > 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. > > These are generated by Adobe. Software to read them is available on line > for free and consequently can be used by anyone. > > It is an excellent and now almost universal way of moving a lot of data in > a hurry. Virtually all levels of government use them. > > I work for a consulting engineering firm and prepare technical documents. > We have literally thousands of Clients and routinely email reports to them > in pdf format. No one has ever complained and a few even thank us for the > quick service. > > This week, a fellow researcher sent me a copy of a 34 page publication > written by a relative almost 100 years ago. It is in pdf format and now > I > have my own copy of the original, all in one file. > > In fact if you want to join the Simcoe County Branch of OGS, the first > thing that pops up on the website is an application form in pdf format. > > Because of the high cost of postage many of the OGS branches are > encouraging their members to receive their news letters via email. Once > again, pdf format! > > So please, don't be directing people away from one of the best tools out > there. > > Just for the record, I have no monetary interest in Adobe. > > John F. Wright > Barrie, Ontario > > PS > > Glad to hear you will be getting to spend some time down east. I am > jealous. > > J > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >