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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I call it "virophobia," and I've had a bad case of it for years. If it's contagious, that's good. Even if I know an attachment is coming, I'll try to open it on another machine -- a luxury everyone might not have. Bob > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Good day, eh? > > As the fellow who wrote the book said, > "Only the paranoid survive." > > May I suggest that no one ever open an > attachment they do not already KNOW is > coming. Yes, I know that means you may > delete the 73 gifs of photos your cousin > took on his trip to Pittsburg. However, > the only way we shall learn that it has > become possible to infect a computer > with a .gif file is when one of us opens > one and zappp!!! he/she owns an infected > computer. > > When sending an attachment, first let the > recipient know it is coming, what size it > is, its file type, and what the text of the > accompanying message will say. > > Never try to send an attachment to a list. > If the list server does not filter it out, > we who are paranoid will wonder and wonder > and wonder. [Most lists forbid the sending > of attachments on list.] > > There are literally hundreds of great folks > on this list, many of whom have gone out of > their way to help me. Sadly, there are some > really sad cases wandering around in cyberspace > who know how to get access to the addresses > on med-rel or virtually any other list they > want. They then share this info with other > sorry souls who are capable of doing serious > harm to your nice computer and mine. While > there are lots of very reliable anti-virus > programs and services, no one of them is > perfect. It is lamentable, but one of the > best defences against viri is paranoia. If > you didn't know that attachment was coming, > delete it. You can always ask the sender > what it was, saying that your anti-virus > device (i.e. your paranoia) deleted it. If > it is the cousin's gifs of Pittsburg, you > can then get them sent you a second time. > > > Regards to all, > > Frank (still surviving, so still paranoid) > > ********************************************************************** > 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 > -- Robert A. Kraft, Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania 227 Logan Hall (Philadelphia PA 19104-6304); tel. 215 898-5827 [log in to unmask] http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/kraft.html ********************************************************************** 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