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Liz and Hilda: Thank you both; you have prevented ME from making the same goof! Viruses, malware, and spoofs are getting more sophisticated all the time. Best to all, Glenn Glenn Gardner Network Development & MARC Standards Office Library of Congress Washington, D.C. USA 20540-4402 Ph: +1 (202) 707-7414 Internal: LS/TECH/NDMSO (4402) >>> [log in to unmask] 9/24/2004 10:38:01 AM >>> Hi all, Actually the email that came across as Mail Delivery Failure and had "if you can't read this message" *is one of a variety of viruses* - not a real email delivery failure messaage. Do not click on those links if you get a mesage like that. It is not a legitimate URL and actually redirects to a virus If you are running up to date virus software it should catch it for you. To learn more about the virus called netsky.p look at http://antivirus.about.com/cs/allabout/a/netskyp_2.htm Liz Shaw Glenn Gardner wrote: > Hilda: > > No, the email error message you mentioned below (from email.uky.edu) > just seems to be a regular error message that can be ignored. I think > everyone on the EAD Listserv got the error message as well. > > The fraudulent email that was sent out had been from someone purporting > to be from the Society of American Archivists. It was sent out to have > organizations falsely change their url links to SAA. > > As a side note, the EAD Listserv software has been filtering out email > attachments for the past several months to eliminate (hopefully) viruses > being sent out to the listserv. Similarly, the list of names and email > addresses of the EAD Listserv members is not made public. > > Hope that helps! > > Best, > > Glenn > > >