At 09:09 AM 2000/06/21 -0700, "Robert A. Fink, M. D." <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:51:36 -0500 >From: Frans van Duinen <[log in to unmask]> >Subj: Re: No move virus - can you answer my question now please? > >> There is no virus in Mario's message.(See at end of message) >> What it does have is two copies of the txt, once in QP encoding and >> one wirh HTML formating. >> >> So his message is clean, albeit wice the size it needs to be >> > >But I have read that some of the new worms can be contained in >HTML, and that no attachments, even HTML, should be sent. > >True? > > >Best, > >Bob hi bob mario's messages have been sent using the 'multi-part message' format [the default setting in ms outlook] i'm pretty sure that 'multi-part' messages don't qualify as 'attachments' in the ms bible however, in mario's first messages the worm was embedded in the html code and now it isn't my e-mail advice to all [per the standards established 30 years ago!] no mime no attachments no multi-part messages no charset ISO 8859 text only us ascii 7 bit e-mail still works like a charm! janette nerdette janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 / PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada visit my website "a new voice" at: "http://www.geocities.com/janet313/"