This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C178A7.9D499000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I don't know if this works or not but it's worth a try. cf > TRICK AN ADDRESS VIRUS BY ADDING AN ADDRESS TO YOUR ADDRESS BOOK! > > Who among us doesn't know someone who has experienced the embarrassment > of unknowingly spreading a computer virus via their email address book? > It's time to STOP this from happening by TAKING CONTROL of your email > program! For those who are unaware, many computer viruses spread > themselves by sending themselves to everyone in your address book. > Imagine how you would feel if you were unknowingly infected with a > computer virus, and worse yet, your friends, family, and business > contacts were being targeted by your computer! Well, if you want to > avoid this sort of thing, here's a great tip: > > This tip won't prevent YOU from getting any viruses (you have to scan > those attachments yourself before opening them to do that), but it > will stop those viruses from latching onto your address book and > sending themselves out to others. > > Here's how it's done: create a contact in your email address > book with the name : !0000 with no email address in the details (doing > this puts it at the top of the list in your address book). > > This will then show up as your first address. If a virus > attempts to do a "send all" on your address 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 then click on OK and the offending (virus) message is not sent > to anyone. The offending (virus) message may then be automatically > stored in your "Drafts" or "Outbox" folder. Go to that folder and > delete the offending message. > > 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 also noted that it asks you for a name when you add this new address, > so put in !0000 again and it will be accepted as a new address. > > Good virus blocking! > > Joe Pecenka > DeKalb, IL > ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C178A7.9D499000 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; name="CF Young.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="CF Young.vcf" BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Young;CF FN:CF Young EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:cfyoung@isdn.net REV:20011129T132943Z END:VCARD ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C178A7.9D499000--