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Tim Bray <[log in to unmask]>
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Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 26 Oct 1999 21:43:09 -0700
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At 12:26 AM 10/27/99 -0400, Joseph Conte wrote:
>Is there some particular reason why Lucas Klein would forward a
>virus-laden attachment to the Pound list, or was this inadvertant on his
>part?  If deliberate
 
A lot of viruses (or worms, depending how you look at it) take care
of forwarding themselves to everyone you've ever sent mail to.  Of course,
to do this, they rely on the slack smiley-face security policies
implemented by certain popular Pacific-Northwest-based desktop software
vendors.  So don't be too hasty to judge. -Tim

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