Thanks for the tip. Joe -----Original Message----- From: MGski <mggrab@polarcomm.com> To: DUNN-L@rootsweb.com <DUNN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:10 PM Subject: [DUNN] Address Book protection from spreading viruses >To avoid spreading computer viruses, create a contact in your email >address book with the name: !0000 with no email address in the details. >Outlook Express will not allow you to enter a new contact without an email >address. To solve the problem, type one letter or number. You will get the >message that it is not a valid address, but you can add it anyway. > >The !0000 contact will 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 will 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! I hope this will help everyone who is interested. > > > > >==== DUNN Mailing List ==== >Any list problems or questions can be sent to the listowner, Christi Calvert Brogan at dunn-admin@rootsweb.com > >