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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 14:49:10 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
From: Michael A Chase <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
Subject:  Re: I am not going to let cygwin BSOD my Windows 2000 Server
To: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>,
   George Hester <hesterloli AT hotmail DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 17:39:15 -0400 Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> wrote:

> ROTFLMAO!!!!
> 
> George Hester was the one who wanted all this stuff -- and I just got 
> four (count 'em, FOUR) "Message not delivered, virus/sensitive content 
> found" bounce messages from HIS account.  Apparently, George's email 
> account is paranoid about ".README" files .zip files, in addition to 
> panicking over .bat files...

I see them too and they don't appear to be coming from George's system.
It appears that some other sites are totally in terror of the possiblility
that someone might execute a batch file without looking at it. 
Considering their level of competence, they may be right.

It kind of reminds me of the open source virus.  You have to build and
install it before running it.
-- 
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