On 25 Feb 99, at 13:31, aldridge wrote:
> "If you have received a letter saying "Mitselflick" do not open it or
It is still mostly true that you cannot get a virus just from reading
email. [It isn't quite as true as it once was, but you probably
shouldn't lose any sleep over it yet.]
IT HAS NEVER BEEN TRUE THAT YOU COULD TELL A "DANGEROUS" E-MAIL BY
ITS SUBJECT HEADER. Any warning that claims you can is surely a hoax.
[*] Some mail readers may have vulnerable configurations, but these are
not, as far as I know, their default settings. Failing that, the only
way a message can infect you is if it fools *you* into running an
infected program or visiting a booby-trapped web site.
David G
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