-=> Mocking David Chord to Rod Fewster <=-
   
 rf> o "email viruses" are OFF-TOPIC!  They do NOT exist!  Posting
 rf> "email virus"   warnings and similar hoaxes will show the world how
 rf> stupid and gullible   you are, and will get you barred from the
 rf> conference.
 DC> Apparantely they do exist according to some reputable sources,
your reputable sources are full of it...
email is text... the specifications for email do not provide any
mechanism for the execution of any type of instruction imbedded in the
recieved message... and since viruses are programs, they cannot exist in
an instructionless medium... qed..
 DC> although there's two things I can see with it.
 DC> There's a company writing software that *supposedly* catches and
 DC> removes e-mail virii.
they make a placebo... that or you've misunderstood their hype (entirely
possible since hype is rarely technically accurate or even coherent)...
... "I hate you. Now feed me."
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