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From: Ryan W. Bolduan emeottrw@***.umn.edu
Subject: All these double posts...
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 06:03:52 -0600 (CST)
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Dave Post wrote:

> I'm told that one of the effects of the Happy99.exe virus is that it causes
> all your email to go out twice. So, if you are one of those people who is
> sending out double posts, you might want to check for that virus. I'm not
> sure of the particulars of the virus are, but I am rather sure it is a
> Windows 95/98 specific virus, and that it does something to your .dll files
> in your windows directory.
>

Still doesn't explain it for me. I've had several double posts and I'm
running e-mail off a UNIX box (aaaah, good 'ol PINE). Ugh, why would I
ever use anything else?

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A person concerned with such important matters as I, need not, and should
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--Napolean
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