> Yes, I know that it is quite possible that these warnings are simply hoaxes > or computer folklore, but better safe than sorry. I've always been told that viruses are not transmitted via email messages but rather through executable files that one downloads via ftp or transfers from a floppy disk. Is that incorrect? Can a normal text message communicate a virus via email? Joan Korenman Internet: [log in to unmask] Bitnet: korenman@umbc