[pmmail-list] how can I avoid virus'es in the future?

[Richard Grevers]

On Mon, 5 May 2003 21:07:18 +1000, Günter Minnerup <g.minnerup@unsw.edu.au> 
wrote:

>> He asked, I responded. AFAIK, the guy said he used Pmm as the
>> mailer. Pmm *is* able to transmit virii. What text-based mailer are
>> you referring to?
>
> How can PMM transmit virii (whatever they are: the correct pedantic
> plural is viri)? PMM send pure ASCII text, which cannot contain
> executables.
>
By your attaching an infected file! And although it wouldn't affect PMMail 
itself, PMMail is capable of forwarding an email containing a vbscript that 
could wreak havoc on an unprotected Outlook Express system.

I use AVG pro. It's email protection doesn't fire off a warning as soon as 
a mail with an infected attachment is received, but it does warn every time 
I click on that message (i.e. at the preview state).

-- 
Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
- pmmail-list - The PMMail Discussion List ---------------------------
To POST to the list, send your message to:
pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com

To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to mdaemon@bmtmicro.com 
with the first line of the message body being...
UNSUBSCRIBE pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
---------------------------------------------------------------------