Re: [BKARTS] Your message to BOOK_ARTS-L-request@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU

[Betty Storz <storz@MCN.ORG>]

I, also, received that message from the list server and wondered if it
could have been generated by a virus (Klez-H)?  I opened it but deleted it
right away. What more should those of us who received the message do?

At 08:50 AM 6/15/02 -0700, you wrote:
>I did not send a message.
>
>> From: "L-Soft list server at Syracuse University (1.8d)"
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>> Reply-To: "Book_Arts-L: READ THE FAQ at http://www.philobiblon.com"
>> <BOOK_ARTS-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 05:08:28 -0400
>> To: BOOK_ARTS-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Subject: [BKARTS] Your message to BOOK_ARTS-L-request@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>>
>> Sat, 15 Jun 2002 05:08:28
>>
>> Your message  to BOOK_ARTS-L-request@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU has  been forwarded
>> to the "list owners" (the people who manage the BOOK_ARTS-L list). If you
>> wanted to reach a human being, you used the correct procedure and you can
>> ignore  the remainder  of this  message.  If you  were trying  to send  a
>> command for the computer to execute, please read on.
>>
>> The BOOK_ARTS-L list  is managed by a LISTSERV  server. LISTSERV commands
>> should    always    be   sent    to    the    "LISTSERV"   address,    ie
>> LISTSERV@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU. LISTSERV never tries  to process messages sent
>> to the  BOOK_ARTS-L-request address; it  simply forwards them to  a human
>> being, and acknowledges receipt with the present message.
>>
>> The "listname-request" convention originated on  the Internet a long time
>> ago. At  the time, lists were  always managed manually, and  this address
>> was defined as an alias for the  person(s) in charge of the mailing list.
>> You would write to the  "listname-request" address to ask for information
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>> contents and policy, etc. Because this  address was always a human being,
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>> computer.  Unfortunately, some  recent  list  management packages  screen
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