Patsy Frank wrote: > Since I posted this Roll Call I have been hit with one virus attachment > after another....DON'T OPEN ANYTHING UNTIL YOU KNOW WHO IS THE > SENDER....Their email can be traced....have your server help you with > tracing them....THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE STOPPED...."HAHAHA Snow White & > the Seven dwarfs is the one > that comes most frequently....I am sorry to discuss this on the board, > but this is important....DON"T OPEN THEM! > > If this is a violation of board ethics....then please notify me of my > removal from the board....But I have received 15 emails containging > viruses...I have to say something. Hi Patsy, Thank you for your concern with the possibility of a virus on this mail list. As list administrator, I post to this list more frequently than most, and have not had any problem with receiving any viruses. And, yeah, it's not something that I encourage that we talk about on the list. Why? Because there is no possible way for a Windows virus to infect the Unix servers that Rootsweb uses for lists. And since attachments are not allowed, they cannot be passed THROUGH the servers, either. In most cases, the person who has the infected computer doesn't even know they have the virus. So, be patient, be cautious about opening ANY attachments, and please let's not cause a panic by talking about it on this list, as these things are spread outside of the Rootsweb mailing lists. I'd sure appreciate it! An excellent explanation of this can be found at http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/announce.html#virus I would encourage anyone who has concerns about viruses and mail lists to please read the info on this site. Thanks, everyone for staying calm. -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net