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Article #2567Re: Worm and Virus attack
From: Keith R. Williams
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 02:59
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 02:59
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In article <bkgdd002ku0@drn.newsguy.com>, whill@picovolt.com says... > Nico Coesel wrote... > > > > It's not the friends that cause the trouble, it's the no-no's > > who don't make the effort to remember your e-mail address. > > You're suggesting folks ahould memorize your email address, > rather than put it in their address book? How about folks simply saying *NO* to OE? ...then WinBlows (I've never used OE and am on my way to being M$ free). > Instead, how about > suggesting that the authors and software-engineering managers > of Microsoft's email programs and address book should check > their work before forceably installing it on our computers, no > choice allowed, by the repeatedly-convicted monopoly company? Simply say "no". It's about time people dumped M$, though I'll admit that I'm not quite ready (WIn2K has been my only and last M $ OS). > 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. I can understand that. I spent a couple of hours this morning installing filters. However, as long as the world runs on M$ trash, we're going to have these problems. ...or were you thinking about a Tobacc^h^h^h^h^h^hclass-action suit? -- Keith
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112d1e,4a531e8bd9cad7b2 X-Google-Attributes: gid112d1e,public X-Google-Thread: 113866,4a531e8bd9cad7b2 X-Google-Attributes: gid113866,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-19 20:20:41 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!prodigy.com!prodigy.com!pln-e!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews2 From: Keith R. Williams <krw@attglobal.net> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design,austin.internet Subject: Re: Worm and Virus attack Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 22:59:01 -0400 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 35 Message-ID: <MPG.19d58c8293528ff598a6c3@enews.newsguy.com> References: <3f4939c.0309190951.5ee61d08@posting.google.com> <5pgmmv03dmmae8nlsdni4bkio3erd9h4gq@4ax.com> <bkfjrj02ee@drn.newsguy.com> <3qlmmv8utg4kia66g7eiu67ajosko6dj3e@4ax.com> <3emmmvksd41k7k3eh003q1cq8af34ej9k9@4ax.com> <fhnmmvgkqt3edlqntpllk7omgth6t975m1@4ax.com> <3f6b9100.58172247@news.planet.nl> <bkgdd002ku0@drn.newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-123.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.60