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From: dietmar.goldbeck at acm.org (Dietmar Goldbeck)
Subject: [inbox] Re: Fwd: Re: Administrivia: Binary Executables w/o Source

On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 09:25:38AM -1000, Jason Coombs wrote:
> Curt Purdy opined:
> > FWIW I disagree with any moderation at all.
> > The point is, this is a FREE forum, one of the few left in the world.
> 
> I agree completely. The sobig spam is valuable -- it shows us who we should
> not trust to operate a computer.
> 
> It also reveals the identity of people who have us in their address books
> without our consent.
> 

And you probably find _yourself_, because the latest virus
used fake reply addresses. I got several warnings that my 
mail contains a virus. 

Some people got so many virus warnings back to get annoyed and
urge everyone _not_ to inform the sender. Most newer viruses
fake sender address...

This message
  - is plain ASCII
  - run through a virus scanner.
-- 
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     Dietmar Goldbeck         E-Mail: dietmar.goldbeck@....org
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