Re: BadTrans suggestion

In theory this is supposed to work. Actually it should be !000 not 1000.
What this is supposed to do is stop the virus from sending itself to
everyone in your addy book. Because it's not a real address, it will quit
right there instead of going on to the other addresses, then you would get a
"returned message, address unkown" e-mail showing you that the virus sent a
message to the !000 address. Does it work? Don't know for sure, but as far
as I know I've never had a virus sent from my mailbox.

FWIW,
Lisa

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christie Cooksey" <christie(at)thearmidalemall.com>
To: "HWG-Techniques" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 8:07 PM
Subject: BadTrans suggestion


> A friend just told me that if I create an entry in my address book of 1000
> with no email address then if a virus tries to mail to my whole address
> book, the first one (1000) stops it because there is no address.
>
> Will that work?
> I know it won't stop me getting the virus but will it stop me from
spreading
> it?
>
> Cheers
> Christie  :0)
>
>
>

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