Subject: Re: It's NOT a new virus

From: "daryl (d.a.) bender" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 12:02:00 -0400 [/PRMD=BNR/ADMD=TELECOM.CANADA/C=CA/;bcars520.b.944:31.06.96.16.03.30]

This is correct. You have to run executable code (application program) 
for a virus to spread. Reading mail is OK.

Daryl - Ottawa

In message " It's NOT a new virus", [email-masked] writes:

>There is _NO_
>way that reading mail can activate any kind of programs on your
>computer to hurt it.
snip.....
>Steven O. Smith
>[email-masked]