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Hi,
<br> I agree they are a pain in the butt ... may I add
"completely unnecessary as well". Back in the good old days of pen and
paper people said who they were with a closing and signature.
<br>nostalgically
<br><font face="Lucida Handwriting">Amos Brooks</font>
<p>RUSS ALLISON wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I want to thank all those people for their kind advice
re viruses.
<p>HOWever, my real concern was to tell y'all that I would not be
<br>opening attachments (most are a pain in the butt anyway -
<br>just"business cards").
<br>The REAL REASON I was doing so was because
<p>THE UNIVERSITY COMPUTING CENTRE ISSUED THE
<br>WARNING.
<br>They do not do that lightly. It is only the second occasion I
can
<br>ever remember.
<br>They provide our anti- virus software which is regularly updated -
as
<br>well and as quickly as anyone on this net I guess.. We cannot
<br>open up our PCs without that coming in to play.
<br>I have been around long enough to have seen most of the BIG
<br>scares.
<br>Thanks for the advice anyway.
<br>Russ
<br>p.s. I wonder if any of those who have their address cards as
<br>attachments will look to find out and lose them as a result of these
<br>small excahnges. They really ARE a pain in the BUTT (IMO)
<br>Perhaps we do not know we have them?
<p>Russ Allison,
<br>Dental School
<br>Cardiff
<br>Wales</blockquote>
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