Max, the Mac is not so safe as you suggest--in fact it was Macs with a certain CISCO modem that were the chief recipients of the Code Red Worm! Edith Wollin -----Original Message----- From: Max Morenberg [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 5:50 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: WARNING! Code Red Worm As a Mac user for years, I like the suggestion that the best way to avoid problems like this is to switch to a Mac. But for all of you who use that other platform, I'll check with the powers that be on campus to find out what they do to filter out potential viruses. I think they do filter mail coming into the university as much as possible. I assume that no matter how well you filter messages, one with a virus sneaks through here and there. I know, for instance, they try to keep spams from reaching university accounts. Still, once in a while we get one. Max >---------------------- Information from the mail header >----------------------- >Sender: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar > <[log in to unmask]> >Poster: Gretchen Lee <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: WARNING! Code Red Worm >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > >In a message dated 8/30/2001 3:02:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > ><< But I'm not sure how other lists handle this > sort of problem. >> > >Paul, > >Most of the other lists I'm on have filters that strip off all attachments. >It is a pain sometimes to be unable to send attachments to the list, but >these days it seems like a minor pain compared to the havoc that ensues after >a virus is opened. > >~Gretchen in San Jose >[log in to unmask] > >To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html >and select "Join or leave the list" > >Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ -- Max Morenberg, Professor Department of English Miami University Oxford, OH 45056 [log in to unmask] To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/