Attachments and the Fairchild email list
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2001 7:08 pm
'Hi Folks,
I've heard a concern about virus propagation via the email list. Yahoo
does not provide a scanning service (as far as I can tell.
Viruses spread via email can only take hold if a user runs a virus
infected program. In practice, this means you aren't going to get a
virus via email alone; you might get one if you open a document attached
to the email unless you run a virus scanner on the attachment first.
Therefore, I am disallowing attachments to list emails. This does not
affect embedding images in hypertext email (not a virus threat).
If you have a document that you want to make available to list member,
go to the archive page at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fairchildclub
and click on "files" to upload your document to the file archive. A
notice is automatically sent to all list users that your file is
uploaded.
If you don't have virus protection, I would suggest caution in
downloading documents. Pictures (.jpg or .gif) and Acrobat documents can
be viewed directly by your web browser and present no problem. (Just
click on the file name in the list and you'll see the contents in your
browser window. This will not present a virus threat.
Questions? Post 'em.
-- Dan Casali, Publisher
Lost River Press
Box 1286 Ketchum, ID 83340
208.726.5120
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I've heard a concern about virus propagation via the email list. Yahoo
does not provide a scanning service (as far as I can tell.
Viruses spread via email can only take hold if a user runs a virus
infected program. In practice, this means you aren't going to get a
virus via email alone; you might get one if you open a document attached
to the email unless you run a virus scanner on the attachment first.
Therefore, I am disallowing attachments to list emails. This does not
affect embedding images in hypertext email (not a virus threat).
If you have a document that you want to make available to list member,
go to the archive page at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fairchildclub
and click on "files" to upload your document to the file archive. A
notice is automatically sent to all list users that your file is
uploaded.
If you don't have virus protection, I would suggest caution in
downloading documents. Pictures (.jpg or .gif) and Acrobat documents can
be viewed directly by your web browser and present no problem. (Just
click on the file name in the list and you'll see the contents in your
browser window. This will not present a virus threat.
Questions? Post 'em.
-- Dan Casali, Publisher
Lost River Press
Box 1286 Ketchum, ID 83340
208.726.5120
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]'