Re: Address list

[Guest guest]

Great idea. This worm that was recently sent out affected only Yahoo

emails and groups. According to Yahoo corp. today, a patch has been

run and the worm is no longer a threat. But if you do see an email

titled New Graphic Site, delete it. Unfortunately, I didn't do that.

I opened it because it came from my High School renunion group and I

thought it was legitimate. Normally I only open emails from trusted

sources. Worms are getting tricky though.

MaC

>

> I don't know how other people do this, but I don't want anyone

> to accidentally get a virus that comes from my address book.

> For awhile there, I never kept the email address in it or I would

> place it in another location on the form to try to prevent

> someone else getting a virus.

>

> Now I don't do that anymore. When I type in an address into

> my book...I place a period before it. Then when I try to

> send a message and hit the To: to chose the address I need, all I have

> to do is delete off the period and the address is right there

> to send the message. With a period in front of the address,

> if a virus should happen to occur from an attachment or worm sending

> to everyone in my address book...the thing would be returned back to

> me in the form of a cannot send format and all I have to do is delete

> it.

> Another thing I do to be sure of this is to put an address

> in the book with the name " Problem email " and type my own

> email address in the area provided. That way I know if somehow

> an email goes out to all the addresses that when it is sent to

> me and I see " Problem email " where the name should be than I

> know to email all my friends and let them know right away

> of a potential virus.

>

> You may have a different way of protecting your family and friends.

> If you do please share them. I once tried the OOOOXXX in the

> email but that no longer works.

>

> My way of doing it is time consuming if you group your emails

> together to send your family something as a whole because you

> have to erase all the periods throughout.

>