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Explanation: messages with "Check_Subject" subject line

• Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:28:41 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
• To: sthc-l@library.ucla.edu
• From: Russell A. Johnson <rjohnson@library.ucla.edu>
• Subject: Explanation: messages with "Check_Subject" subject line
• Message-ID: SIMEON.9904131541.F@bio-s-his004.library.ucla.edu

A couple of messages have been delivered to STHC-L subscribers  
bearing the strange subject line:  "Check_Subject".  This subject is 
assigned by ListProc when incoming/posted messages carry no subject 
line (i.e., the subject line is blank).  An e-mail message without a 
subject line may be one of the warning signs of infection by the 
Melissa virus or one of its relatives.  Our updated list processing 
software (ListProc) scans all posted messages for viruses; if a message 
is infected, it is deleted and not circulated to you; if a message is 
clean but bears no subject line, ListProc assigns it "Check_Subject".

So, please remember to give your e-mail and listserv messages subject 
lines [except when subscribing to or unsubscribing from a listserv, 
that is].  Make these subjects pertinent and descriptive; this helps 
recipients decide whether to read the message immediately or later...or 
not at all!


Cheers,

Russell Johnson
STHC-L Administrator