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From: Active8
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:57

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In article <bkflt0093t@drn.newsguy.com>, whill@picovolt.com says...
> Jim Thompson wrote...
> >
> > Winfield wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> > Those of us running Eudora got NONE ;-)
> 
>  It has nothing to do with what email client you're
>  running.  As it happens I've been using The BAT at
>  home (and Netscape at work). 
> 
>  The BAT is a standards-based email program that
>  won't do _any_ type of automatic execution, which is
>  probably what you're thinking of.  But this doesn't
>  protect you from getting a flood of email if some
>  computers out there should turn their firehoses on
>  you!  Watch out!
> 
>  Thanks,
>     - Win
> 
> 
thanks for the BAT tip. i'll have to see if pegasus mail auto executes 
and check out BAT. that was an easy google.

mike

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