Re: is this a logical idea??

From: L Beck (lbeck-nsxx_at_syringa.net)
Date: 01/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:58:06 -0800

"Dell" <me@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:e4xJ2Bw5DHA.2556@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> No. If you use a web based email service, be it yahoo, Netscape, or
hotmail,
> these worms won't affect you. As long as your addresses are stored on the
> mail server's web site, you're OK. It only affects people who access email
> through PC based programs, primarily outlook & outlook express. (Some do
> affect Eudora and a few others.)

Wrong, wrong wrong!!! Anyone who opens an attachment, no matter what email
service they use, stands a chance of being infected if that attachment
contains the virus/worm.

Note that if you use outlook or OE to
> access your yahoo email by paying $$ for their POP service, (or you use
the
> third party pop interface for yahoo) then as long as you're using
outlook/OE
> you're vulnerable. (Same for Outlook/OE users who use hotmail.)
>
> "mr" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:714701c3e6fc$fe2a2db0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> > Is it a good idea to put all of ones addresses in a new
> > folder in your email program (I use yahoo) so that these
> > worms cannot infect those in your address book. Maybe
> > store all the address written on 'notepad' or other>then
> > make a new folder >then when I want to email someone,
> > istead of open up an address book, copy & paste the
> > address (from this list that I have created) so as to
> > send email- Is this something that might work? Know its
> > alot of trouble but it may protect my contacts. what do
> > all think?
>
>

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