I had to send out this message to my list tonight. Is there any way to more-effectively deal with this Backdoor_nk.svr virus, or any similar virus that sends itself to the addresses of mail (possibly only unread mail) in the In-Queue of the victim? Why wasn't the virus sent to the list address? (We were ready for that: we lowered the max. message size to 180 lines). Is there anything we can do (with the LSOFT listserv options) to MAKE a virus send it to the list address next time, instead of sending off-list contaminated messages? Any other ideas for general virus purposes? (This is a bit embarrassing, as we started a membership drive just this week, and it was a new member -- new yesterday -- who brought in the virus.) Dennis Hickman CETEFL-L (Central and Eastern European Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) ---------- From: dennis hickman[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Reply To: CETEFL: The Central and Eastern European Teachers of English Sent: 15. eervna 2001 18:10 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: ADM: Virus warning There appears to have been a virus sent -- directly to members of CETEFL-L, rather than through the listerv itself (i.e., an off-list virus). >>>> If you received a message from Simon Eason earlier today, do NOT open it. It was sent by his computer, to the posters of messages on CETEFL-L and contains the Backdoor_nk.svr virus <<<<<<<<<<<<<<. He has written to me and told me that his system is now "debugged". If you still have an earlier message from him, in your in-queue, just delete it !!!!! MOre information will come shortly on this. Dennis Hickman System Administrator