William, thanks for looking into the attachments. I have the same philosophy on attachments. The viruses are bad enough but if someone sends something obscene it causes just as many problems in an office. Regards, Dave Frenkel > If you happen to get a private e-mail from a subscriber to EDI-L which > seems to be replying to an EDI-L posting and adds "Take a look to the > attachment," please don't open or double click the attachment. It's a > virus. > > My general philosophy is to trust an e-mail attachment only if I know > the person at the other end. And more importantly, their writing must > sound like him or her. For example, only Rachel Foerster can write like > Rachel Foerster, so I'd merrily click away at anything she sent me in > anticipation of feasting on strategic scenarios. > > But the terse "Take a look to the attachment" exhibits all the signs of > a non-English speaker who will never master prepositions, and is one of > the hallmarks of a virus laden e-mail. > > William J. Kammerer > Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. > Columbus, US-OH > > ======================================================================= > To contact the list owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/edi-l%40listserv.ucop.edu/ ======================================================================= To contact the list owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/edi-l%40listserv.ucop.edu/