Re: Return delivery notice w/o attachment

P_at_m
Date: 10/06/03 

Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 18:01:05 -0700

Hi Bill: Would there be some way for a novice like me to spot the code, and
how would I do it if I could? I rec'd a lot of these since 9-19, and just
now got around to asking about the inconsistencies in the file size. Before
I stopped them at the server level, they were downloading to my computer,
and NAV identified it as W32/Swen.A@mm, and quarantined it, then I deleted.
At the time, I couldn't figure it out, because then as well as today, there
weren't any discernable attachments, so I wondered where the problem was.
Had the email downloaded to my computer, and I didn't have antiviral, would
reading/opening it execute the code, even though there is no attachment, and
even though I have my email set for plain text only?

Thanks for all you help, and I'm glad you suggested using/learning OE, for
my newsreading, instead of continuing to use the Web Interface, what a
difference!!

~Pam

"Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org> wrote in message
news:esaaPf5iDHA.2276@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I don't understand these messages, and I've only seen one or two and don't
> have them around to analyze. I believe there is code there, in some form
> that doesn't make a paper clip or whatever appear for most readers--I
think
> these are the messages that pop up media player when opened.
>
> "P@m" <pfloresatcharterdotnet> wrote in message
> news:uUBcZl3iDHA.1716@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Hi:
> >
> > I remember someone asking this question, but I don't know if they ever
got
> > an answer. If they did, could someone explain it again.
> >
> > I rec'd 13 return delivery notices (Swen) today that are 143 KB in size,
> but
> > there are no attachments anywhere within the email. Why would this file
> be
> > so large, if there is only 1 sentence or so of text in the body?
They're
> > not being downloaded from my server, because I established a rule to
block
> > all files over 100KB. These emails, and the MS ones, had stopped for a
> week
> > now, but returned this morning. The same thing happened last
> > Sunday--probably means nothing.
> >
> > Pam
> >
> >
>
>

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