Bill,
WHOA!!!
I thought I was a pervert with my Secret Smut Sites, but this one is off the
page. Is MapInfo-L a subtle sending page for the forces of the Dark Side?
I'm forwarding to Pat Robertson for appropriate action.
John Haynes
Director
Geodata Consultants, Inc.
1-800-838-6661
www.geodataconsult.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 6:15 AM
Subject: RE: MI-L To everyone at adas.co.uk - JOKE.
> This sort of thing reminds me of an e-mail I recieved some years ago, the
> gist of which was:
>
> "I am a virus that affects only stupid people's computers: please delete
all
> the files on your hard disk. Thankyou."
>
> Apologies if you've seen this one before, but it amused me no end.
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> David Booth
> Senior GIS Officer
> Merseyside Information Service
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 17 April 2001 10:58
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: MI-L To everyone at adas.co.uk
> >
> > Bill -
> >
> > It's not only the Ceberus doggie that won't allow vbscript-like text in
> > the
> > messages. I've had the dubious pleasure of being swamped with email
replys
> > from the Marshmellow man - oh I mean the McAfee _Mailmarshall_ antivirus
> > whatever - containing dire wanings about virus i my emails. This
happens,
> > when I put snippets of _MapBasic_ code in my message. Not as an
> > attachment,
> > but as a part of a plain text message. As a result, I have stopped
> > replying
> > to questions about MapBasic from the list - at least, where the reply
> > would
> > have to contain MapBasic code. I'ts not funny, when you have to delete
a
> > multitude of virus warnings from the inbox ...and being told, in no
> > uncertain terms, that your eagerly awaited MapBasic answer has been
dumped
> > in the great big BitBucket in the sky... :-(
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Bo Thomsen
> > GeoConsult I/S
> > Denmark
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > > Fra: Bill Thoen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sendt: 16. april 2001 21:10
> > > Til: MapInfo-L
> > > Emne: MI-L To everyone at adas.co.uk
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Scanning of this message and attachments reveals that it contains a
> > > virus.
> > > >
> > > > Messages containing viruses are not accepted by ADAS not sent out to
> > the
> > > internet. This message has been deleted.
> > >
> > > You folks at adas.co.uk (and a few others) might not be aware of
> > > this, but every MapInfo-L message that contains certain examples
> > > of mapbasic code is being screened and deleted by the
> > > three-headed dog guarding the gates of whatever kind of hell you
> > > are in (your MIS dept.'s pet, Cerberus). It sees mapbasic as
> > > VBscript and interprets that as a virus. Obviously it's not a
> > > virus (we strip attachments off here before mail goes out), but
> > > in case you were wondering what all the barking was about inside
> > > your mail server, and why you aren't getting all your MapInfo-L
> > > mail, now you know. (see nice image of the doggie at
> > > http://www.vampyra.com/demons/cerberus.htm. Note how easily it
> > > lets Dante and his guide pass!)
> > >
> > > - Bill Thoen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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