[ale] Emory problems -- still

[John Clark]

It could be they are scanning for infections. A previous version of
Melissa X infects Macintosh doc files:

<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-527326.html?legacy=zdnn>

The Mac can be infected with the virus, but will display no symptoms.
However any files sent to a PC will infect the PC (imagine my surprise).
I don't see any free detect/remove software for the Mac but it might be
worth a try.

John



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>I'm still trying to decypher what is going on 
>with NS Word files being stripped from e-mails
>going to people at Emory.
>
>One theory expressed here is that the Emory
>virii scanners are stripping *.doc files that
>contain nasty bits and pieces.
>
>As part of my continuing efforts to trouble-shoot
>this mess, I sent off a test message to my wife's 
>account at Emory over the weekend.  It contained a
>24k JPG and a 29k DOC file.  The DOC file was stripped
>from the email and the JPG came on through.
>
>The DOC file was created on her work machine at Emory (Mac)
>and it _is_ possible that it is contaminated with 
>something.  But I have no way of finding out what that
>might be.  
>I am willing to send this rebuffed file to anyone who
>can help me figure out _why_ it is being rejected by
>Emory's servers.
>
>Can anyone help?
>
>Sean
>
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