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From: Peter Williams <>
Subject: Re: VIRUS Warning
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 19:07:53 -0600


Really Bill! Loosing your grip? Going for the "trash the credibility routine"
rather than face the reality that there are all sorts of ways to crash a
computer system other than by popping in a virus.

By the way, are you one person or is this whole Bill Bedford thing really a
group project?

Just wondered.

Bill Bedford wrote:

> Peter Williams <> wrote:
>
> >
> > Recently, I reported that a shut down to a part of a very large modern, up
> > to date, computer system could be caused by a SINGLE E-MAIL. You will have
> > all recieved the comment from Barney that this was the biggest load of
> > elephant ordure that he had seen in a long time.
>
> Would you like to say exactly _which_ 'very large modern, up to date,
> computer system' was brought down by 'a single e-mail' ?
>
> We could then check the veracity of you claim. Otherwise elephant ordure
> would seem to be as good a description as any.
>
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> > Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >
> > <HTML>
> > Recently, I reported that a shut down to a part of a very large modern, up
> > to date, computer system could be caused by a SINGLE E-MAIL. You will have
> > all recieved the comment from Barney that this was the biggest load of
> > elephant ordure that he had seen in a long time. <P>The bottom line is
> > that the act of opening and viewing *any* e-mail <BR>message is
> > intrinsically safe. Anyone who tells you otherwise is guilty <BR>of
> > spreading FUD (Fear, uncertainty and doubt). Or should that be Fuming
> > <BR>Ulephant Dung?
> >
> > <P>--
> > <BR>Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake
> >
> > <P>Drake Software web site:&nbsp; <A
> > HREF="http://www.tdrake.demon.co.uk">http://www.tdrake.demon.co.uk</A></BL
> > OCKQUOTE> &nbsp;</HTML>
> >
> > --------------372069E314F65AD90DA8B09D--
>
> Posting a html attachment does help our confidence in you critical
> abilities
>
> --
> Water Duck Back

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