Re: Process's PreciseMail AntiSpam Gateway - any experience so far ?

From: Bob Koehler (koehler_at_eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org)
Date: 09/25/03 

Date: 25 Sep 2003 07:27:41 -0500

In article <lzFFSg2nbgo2@eisner.encompasserve.org>, Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) writes:
>
> "Code" can be embedded that way, but what would invoke it ?

  Double clicking on the file is supposed to use the resource fork to
  find and open the proper application. I don't know the details, but
  I always assumed that had something to do with how the viruses were
  rampant on our Macs years ago.

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