This is from Norm, our wonderful sysop.

"Viruses in e-mail.  It is possible to send programs  in e-mail (and a macro
is  just a  program).   By  *running* the program,   you could  infect your
computer with a  virus that came in that  program.  However, simply reading
the e-mail is not enough  to infect your  computer.  The only case in which
you  can infect a computer  simply by reading mail  is  when you're using a
mail reader  that has the capacity to  automatically find and  run programs
that are embedded in the mail.  That is obviously  a dangerous thing to do,
and very very few mail readers do that.  AOL's doesn't, yours doesn't, mine
doesn't.  In fact I've never seen one that does.

So the bottom line is, whenever you get a new  program (whether on a floppy
or by mail  -- and you should  think  of macros  as programs),  worry about
whether it could contain a virus.  If you think chances are high, don't run
the  program, and  you're safe.  Using  the mail  readers  most of  us use,
infecting one's computer simply by reading e-mail is not possible."

Kathleen
Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC, LLLeader, co-owner Lactnet, LLLOL, Corgi-L
LACTNET WWW site: http://www.mcs.com/~auerbach/lactation.html
Personal WWW page: http://together.net/~kbruce/kbbhome.html