Thanks for the heads up!  Unfortunately I opened  it without thinking. 
I'll let you all know if there's a problem as I have a program on my
computer called Black Ice that lets you know if you are being intruded.

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 20:49:05 +0100 Jacques Paysan
<paysan@Uni-Hohenheim.DE> writes:
> Dear Histonetters
> 
> The mail
> Fwd:  European Histonetters
> has a great potential of being an email virus.  At least it would be 
> a
> "great" idea to distribute viruses via newsgroups.  I strongly 
> encourage
> participants of this newsgroup not to open mails consisting of 
> attachments
> only, and, to clearly indicate in the text what an attachment 
> contains.
> Furthermore, I think mails with attachments should clearly indicate 
> the
> sender's address.  @aol.com could be just anybody in the world.
> 
> If it really was a serious newsgroup contribution I appologize for 
> this
> panic.  I'm not going to open it anyway.
> 
> Best,
> Jacques
> 
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