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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Nicole Schulman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Apologies apologies!!!! It's not medieval-religion that has all the spam!!! >Mea culpa (I sent to the wrong list, it's mediev-l). >Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry tu resolvimus. besides, as has been explained ad tedium on mediev-l, the spam doesn't come *from* the list. it comes from a virus which steals emale addresses found on infected machines and sends out replications under the names of the addresses it finds. far as i know, Mackerslosh or not, the only way you can catch the virus is if you either : 1) have your emale softwhere set so that it *automatically* opens any attachments which might come into your box (in which case, arguably, you deserve what you get); or b) you open attachments which *should* look suspicious to you (unsolicited, wierd message accompanying, etc.), in which case, arguably, you deserve what you get. also, no, the mediev-l softwhere is so old (one of the first discussion lists) that it can't be set to screen out attachments. just have to practice safe emaleing. christopher ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html