Laura:
> I am, however, frustrated by this incident. I often access my
> personal email at my office. The prospect of wiping out my office files,
> which contain many original documents that would take years to reproduce
> makes me think that being part of a list is not such a great idea.
I'm not sure lists are the major risk here -- most lists have a
no-attachment rule (both for size problems, and because of this very risk of
attachments spreading viruses) and I personally would never open +any+
attachment to a mail from a list.
Whereas I might open an attachment to an email sent by a friend on the
assumption that it had been virus-checked or was otherwise safe.
The only answer is to be very paranoid and invest in the best firewalls that
money can buy.
And keep regular backups. I say this last with some feeling, having had a
hard drive rubbished by a virus infection, when I wasn't ...
Robin Hamilton
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