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Re: Worm and Virus attack

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From: Jim Thompson
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:22
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On 19 Sep 2003 12:02:11 -0700, Winfield Hill <whill@picovolt.com>
wrote:

>Don Pearce wrote...
>>
>> On 19 Sep 2003 10:51:14 -0700, Aubrey >McIntosh wrote:
>>
>>> I have received almost 700 copies of worm or virus mail
>>> to this account [snipped] in the past 24 hours.
>>>
>>> This has been the GIBE virus, the new "returned mail" item.
>>>
>>> Anyone else?
>>
>> Everyone. At 700 you have come off lightly.
>
> I got over 1000 at home this morning, over 450 of them
> arriving in a single 5 minute period at about 0640 EST.
> Strangely, I got almost none at my work email.
>
> Thanks,
>    - Win

Those of us running Eudora got NONE ;-)

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From: Jim Thompson <Jim-T@golana-will-get-you.com>
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Subject: Re: Worm and Virus attack
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