Hi Lilly, I wasn't worried about it. I belong to a Sepharic forum and we get people from Israel that post all the time on that list and the same box pops up. I live overseas too, and was wonderding if anyone had any boxes popping up when I post. Teresa Stuart de Rios El Salvador ----- Original Message ----- From: Lilly <malik@scs-net.org> To: <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 4:17 AM Subject: [NCROOTS] Re: Lilly and Tony & Julie Howell > Hello List, > I am "Lilly" that "Tony & Julie Howell" is writing about. I am an American > living in Syria. I am Lillian Kathleen Martin and I am descended from John > Swindle, Jr of Ashe Co. NC. > FIRST OF ALL: YOU CAN NOT RECIEVE A VIRUS FROM A ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST. > THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE, AS THEY HAVE FILTERS WHICH REMOVE ANY VIRUS PRIOR TO > SENDING THE EMAILS ON TO ALL OF US SUBSCRIBERS. > Not all computors will make a > "pop-up" message to download an Arabic language program, but a very few > will. Your computor is one of a very few. > > I probably email 50 people a day, but about once a year I find someone who > finds that message and is confused. It is not a virus, but your computor > "sensed" that there were Arabic language Campability with in my computor' > email. > > My computor program is Windows Millinium by Microsoft, but has the ability > to either write in Arabic or English. In Syria, that is what everyone uses, > obiviously. > However, I only write in English, as that is the only language I know. > > Please don't worry about this anymore, and excuse me and my computor for > alarming you. I have heard from an American in Japan doing genealogy also, > and he said the same thing happens to him once in a long while. Forgive me. > > My names in NC being researched are: John Swindle, Jr., James S. Rector, > Stephen Landreth, Jr. , Solomon Tolliver, ALL SWINDLE names, Capt. Hugh > Parks, Jr. in Mecklenburg Co., NC (Rev War Vet). > > Best regards, > Lillian Kathleen Martin > Lattakia, Syria > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony & Julie Howell" <tjhowell1@attbi.com> > To: <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 3:32 AM > Subject: Re: [NCROOTS] question > > > > i don't download anything that i don't know about. the box that i get is > not a message, as in email. it's a prompt box that pops up when i click on > the message in my inbox. i always hit 'cancel' so it doesn't download > anything, but it always pops up over any email message that comes from Lily. > > > > no, i didn't get the pop up box with your email. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: DORISS > > To: Tony & Julie Howell ; NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 12:06 PM > > Subject: Re: [NCROOTS] question > > > > > > That's a good question I have noticed that also. Maybe Lilly lives > > overseas, do you see this with my email? I live overseas. But.. I have > a > > friend who lives in TX and I get that some box. > > Teresa Stuart de Rios > > El Salvador > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tony & Julie Howell <tjhowell1@attbi.com> > > To: <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:01 AM > > Subject: [NCROOTS] question > > > > > > > why, when i get list mail from someone who's only identification on > the > > "sender" is "Lily", does a box ALWAYS open that prompts the receiver to > > download some sort of Aramic language support? > > > > > > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > > USGenWeb Archives Census Project - North Carolina > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/states/northcar/northcar.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > NC Military Project: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncmil/ > > > > > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > NCROOTS-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > (or NCROOTS-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com for digest mode" > Put the one word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > It helps to leave the subject line blank, or put UNSUBSCRIBE there also. >