Hiya Chuck, The world got hit with a variant of the MyDoom virus. Most of the messages looked like bounced emails, but they certainly weren't that. My--ISP Earthlink--is quite good on filtering viruses, but I still had a hundred or so of these get through before they began to detect it dependably. Luckily I run a Mac, so I'm pretty immune to this sort of thing--at least for now. Many of the messages spoof the return address, so they may appear to be from someone else. If you've got some savvy, you can inspect the full header of the email and determine the culprit. Most of the senders are only guilty of insufficient paranoia--not thinking before opening. -mc Due to repeated and unending spam, I've had to add a couple of list member addresses to my "block" list. I know it's not the fault of the real address owners but I have no choice, there is barely time to read the legitimate messages anymore. I know too that there are programs designed to filter out the bogus from real messages, but as I get email through my office computer only these days there is nothing I can do about it. I'm not in the IT department and am forbidden to add any software to this computer. There are even rules governing precisely what attachments I can and cannot open within emailed messages. So if I don't reply to a message that is probably the reason; call me on the phone if desired, instead. Thanks for understanding. C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com