Re: bogus posting

[psrain <psrain@c-magic.com>]

>Needless to say, the
>``Hypercool Happy New Year 2000 funny programs and animations...''
>posting was not from me nor MIDS.
>
>Unfortunately, yes it is a virus, contained in a file cupid.exe.
>Please don't download it and please don't forward it.
>
>A mildly clever cracker managed to fake the mild security we
>use on the list software and posted the bogus message with the virus.
>We have closed the route they used to get in, and we are investigating.
>
>Thanks,
>John
>--
>John S. Quarterman <jsq@mids.org>
>President, Matrix Information and Directory Services (MIDS)
>mids@mids.org, http://www.mids.org, +1-512-451-7602, fax: +1-512-452-0127
>1106 Clayton Lane, Suite 501W, Austin, TX 78723, U.S.A.
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John, thank you for your concern regarding the well being of the list.
Whoever sent that is in for one very big and enduring surprise.  Forgive
them?  No, even though they know not what they do, and for whom the bell is
tolling.

Sometimes a flipped coin lands on its edge


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