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Re: Worm and Virus attack

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From: Don Klipstein
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 03:47
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In article <2c2cf14c.0309280757.62f4bbc7@posting.google.com>, Andre wrote:
>Winfield Hill <whill@picovolt.com> wrote in message 
news:<bkgdd002ku0@drn.newsguy.com>...
>> 
>>  You're suggesting folks ahould memorize your email address,
>>  rather than put it in their address book?

  Memorize or write down.  I do not use addressbooks.  Did not bother to 
in the past; now I feel justified since the most prevalent e-mail viruses 
use them.

>>  p.s. I've hand-inspected and erased more than 2300 virus emails
>>  in my non-microsoft mailbox in the last 16 hours.  This was made
>>  necessary in order to read the 35 legitimate emails I received.
>>  I'm beginning to get really angry now.
>
>Same here .
>
>Penalty for virus writers - ECT from a pole pig. With dru sponges .

  If you mean electroconvulsive therapy, I think that's not cruel enough 
since one normally loses consciousness from that.  The worst effects are 
physical injury from the convulsions and erasing of short-term memory.

 - Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)
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From: don@manx.misty.com (Don Klipstein)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design,austin.internet
Subject: Re: Worm and Virus attack
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 03:47:23 +0000 (UTC)
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