Re: Hacking a Personal Computer via E-mail

• To: matthew mcglynn <mcglynn@sentius.com>
• Subject: Re: Hacking a Personal Computer via E-mail
• From: "Bruce M." <brucem@wichita.fn.net>
• Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 08:27:45 -0500 (CDT)
• cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
• In-Reply-To: <v02130503adb7da782a26@[205.179.18.137]>

On Thu, 9 May 1996, matthew mcglynn wrote:

> Was this some kind of cruel joke? This message/attachment corrupted
> my mail queue at the server, somehow, and prevented me from
> retrieving any messages that arrived after it.
> 
> Fortunately it resolved itself after 3 or 4 attempts.
> 
> I thought maybe somebody was trying to demonstrate how to 'hack'
> a computer through e-mail...

    That is why you try not to view stuff that has no explanation about 
what it does.  Even then you need to be careful.

Bruce M.

• Re: Hacking a Personal Computer via E-mail
• From: mcglynn@sentius.com (matthew mcglynn)

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