> or just get a Mac....
See, now that would have been my first recomendation, but a good alternative
is to set up a filter to combat this. I have a similar filter on every
mailing list I use. Novice users who just want to combat any virus's, skip
down tot he bottom, otherwise be bored by the explination.
Ok, I assume alot of you might have a filter like this:
If Message Subject has [MV],
1. Move to folder "MV"
2. Stop applying filters to this message.
(That would automatically seperate your MV list email to a new folder for
convieance.)
I have a virus guard filter like this:
If message subject contains "[MV]" then
1. Check for attatchments. If yes, go to step 2, if no, go to step 4.
2. Delete attatchemnts
3. Make message colour red.
4. No attatchments found. Add "LIST" before the subject.
5. Move to folder "lists", subfolder "MV"
6. Change message colour to olive.
7. Stop applying filters to this message.
That does 2 things, first, if the message had a attatchment, I know it didnt
come from this list, because this list software that arthur is using rejects
attatchemnts.
I repeat: THE SOFTWARE THAT ARTHUR IS USING REJECTS MESSAGES WITH
ATTATCHEMNTS. If you got a message with a attatchemnts, then it only appears
to be sent thru this list.
Second, It tags it as red, so I can examine the message, then see if the
attatchment is valid (ie, someone sending me a photo I asked for)
If thats ok, then I can get the attatchemnt off of my server.
So. the best solution for novice users is to set up 2 filters (rules)
Filter 1:
If subject contains [MV], and message has attatchments:
1. delete message.
Filter 2:
If subject contains [MV]
1. Move message to folder "MV"
2. Stop applying rules to this message.
Now... any questions, email me.
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