Re: message from "Crook"

["Daniel L. MacIsaac" <Dan.MacIsaac@NAU.EDU>]

> I've just received a message on the net, sender is "Crook", with mime
> attachments.  Is it safe to open?  I've replied with a "who are you?".
>                                 Regards,
>                                         Jack
The message I received did not contain a real document attachment; it had
an HTML version of the message appended, and was virus-free.

Please, everyone -- turn off HTML-mail, vcards and other automatic
attachment-generating email settings.  PHYS-L is neither an appropriate
nor a safe place to be sending attachments.  Attachments spread virii
and choke up digests.  If you want to share a document, contact me privately
and I will serve it from purcell, then give you a URL to share in a posting.

For a discussion of attachments, see
http://purcell.phy.nau.edu/PHYS-L   AND
http://purcell.phy.nau.edu/danmac/aug99listsmanu/

Dan M

Dan MacIsaac, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northern AZ Univ
danmac@nau.edu          http://purcell.phy.nau.edu         PHYS-L list owner