Bill;
        We have nothing to fear but fear itself.

Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 16:00:21 -0800 Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
writes:
>Here's a thought to kick around:
>I read in the Wall Street Journal today that the bigger concern
>(bigger than
>the millenium date bug) for January 1, 2000 is the potential for
>computer
>viruses that are triggered by the turn of the millenium. Seems that
>there
>are those who would like to create havoc to start off the new
>millenium.
>Software companies that specialize in hunting down and fixing viruses
>have
>already found hundreds of them set to go off at midnight, and they
>expect
>there are possibly hundreds that they have not found. Many of these
>viruses
>are created to mimic the Y2K date bug so as to make them harder to
>solve
>(and give them longer to do their damage). Several large companies are
>shutting down their email systems for the weekend.
>So my thought is this:
>It seems that it might be prudent for the list administrator to shut
>the
>list down sometime on the 31st. Then on the weekend he could check for
>viruses before allowing the server to send us email. So what do you
>guys
>think?
>Bill

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