"Mail scanner" made the following annotations on 03/16/00 09:20:23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ALERT] -- Content Manager: This email has been electronically scanned and the contents appear to be related to a virus hoax. It is being returned to you for that reason. You may use the following link for more information relating to a virus hoax. www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html. If this email has been categorized incorrectly contact Graybar Electric's Help Desk at 314-692-5896 or 314-692-5897. Craig! A bit harsh on the poor lad(s)? Your posts were always clean, professional, and informative. Just something to think about... ================================================================ On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Phil Campbell wrote: > In case you're not counting, Sun has distributed 3-viruses to members of this >marketing support group in the past few days. > > At this rate, Sun could easily distribute a dozen viruses this month. Sounds to me like Phil (and probably others) don't understand what's really going on. The viruses like HAPPY99.EXE are redistributed when some idiot (well, anyone who opens an executable attachment qualifies for this description IMHO :-) opens this attachment. The virus then rebroadcasts itself to everyone in your address book -- which can easily include mailing lists like JSP-INTEREST or SERVLET-INTEREST if they are stored there. If you want to blame someone, blame the idiot listed as the "From" address on the message. Of course, they probably didn't do it on purpose -- that's why the "i" word applies. Disabling attachments on the server isn't a bad idea, but blaming Sun for sending viruses is quite incorrect. Craig McClanahan ================================================================ =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets
