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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:	The Digital way of working

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONELON

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5321
Total number of notes:	139771

505.0. "Computer Virus Attacks Notesfiles" by BOLT::MINOW (Je suis marxiste, tendance Groucho) Fri Apr 01 1988 12:40

I am sorry to inform the audience that a virus program was recently found in
this notesfile.  While it does not modify *your* programs or data files, it
acts somewhat like the "Christmas mail" virus that was found last year,
in that it causes other people to send you electronic mail.  In the future,
you will discover that you will be receiving increasing amounts of electronic
mail, both from individuals and from "electronic entities" such as mailing
lists and meeting announcement management programs.  It appears that the
increase in mail is not linear, but exponential -- although we are still
on the low end of the curve.

I'm not sure whether this phenomena, which I discovered today, is related
to the recent announcement limiting access to DIGITAL.NOTE

Martin.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
505.1	Hmmm....	MISFIT::DEEP		`Fri Apr 01 1988 16:53`	4
	hmmm... and to think that this "virus" would just happen to show up on April 1st! 8^)
505.2		HUMAN::CONKLIN	Peter Conklin	`Fri Apr 01 1988 22:52`	4
	obviously, one should not reply to this note here, but rather take the discussion offline with the author of .0---- so send him MAIL to confirm or deny your succuming to this virus:-)
505.3	it's true!	COOKIE::DEVINE	Bob Devine	`Mon Apr 04 1988 15:43`	14
	> In the future, > you will discover that you will be receiving increasing amounts of electronic > mail, both from individuals and from "electronic entities" such as mailing > lists and meeting announcement management programs. It appears that the > increase in mail is not linear, but exponential -- although we are still > on the low end of the curve. Well, that explains it! And all the time I was wondering why I was getting "Intro to Servo-Mechanical Operations" type of class announcements. Since I'm now averaging ~30 messages a day, how bad can it get? Bob ;-)
505.4	Penicillin doesn't work!	UCOUNT::BAILEY	Corporate Sleuth	`Wed Apr 13 1988 18:04`	4
	And my doctor says a virus will go away in about two weeks...is that per message or does it multiply exponentially, too...I'm SO confused!