Found this, and thought it might help. I haven't tried it yet.
Linda
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [ALL-L] a tip to stop spreading email viruses
Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:37:19 -0600
Resent-From: USGENWEB-ALL-L(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 14:18:02 -0400
From: Tim Stowell <tstowell(a)mccallie.org>
Reply-To: USGENWEB-ALL-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: USGENWEB-ALL-L(a)rootsweb.com
To avoid spreading computer viruses, create a contact in your email
address book with the name :** !0000 with no email address in the
details.
This contact will then show up as your first contact. If a virus
attempts to do a "send all" on your contact list, your pc will put up an
error message saying that: "The Message could not be sent. One or more
recipients do not have an e-mail address. Please check your Address Book
and make sure all the recipients have a valid e-mail address." Your
messages to an individual or individual addressees will not be
affected. You click on OK and the offending (virus) message would not
have been sent to anyone. Of course no changes have been made to your
original contacts list. The offending (virus) message may then be
automatically stored in your "Drafts" or "Outbox" folder. Go in there
and delete the offending message. Problem is solved and virus is not
spread.
Try this and pass on to your email contacts. The more people that use
this technique, the less vulnerable we will be to viruses that spread in
this manner!
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