Tell me about it. 808 messages at home, only about a third were the virus,
the rest were 'A message sent to you/by you had virus x' apparently from
ISPs that I've never heard of. Telling people who are not your customers
that you have or haven't done something on their behalf is madness.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:3f6bd495$0$6526$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> Well, the title might be a bit dramatic, and I imagine it's happening to
> others as well, but in the last 48 hours, my yahoo mailbox has been
filling
> every 2 hours with 'Would you like to install this Microsoft Patch (a.k.a
a
> virus)' mails. They are about 150K each, and within 2 hours, my mailbox is
> full.
>
> I've had a few before now, but nothing like this sustained onslaught.
>
> Basically, if you are trying to reach me, please try
> aldeburgh<removemebecauseI'mnotwanted>@optusnet.com.au at least for a few
> days (I don't check it often usually).
>
> I feel the death of howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au coming on.
>
> Come on guys: it can't be *that* hard to pass 212 pieces of legislation
and
> make it illegal in every country on the face of the planet!
>
> Regards, and in his Anderson shelter
> HJR
>
>
Received on Mon Sep 22 2003 - 03:27:56 CDT
