virus?

I have never had problems with virus's and I've always owned a Mac.
Recently I acquired an iMac G5 - 10.3.9. Wheee, whatta machine!

so here's the problem. I send several messages each day to a
subscription base, like 700 emails, of a 'story'. Sometimes I receive a
"bounce' message telling me the email was refused because the
virus-stopper on the recipient's end discovered a virus in my message.

Is it possible to send virus's but not have them affect my Mac - except
for me to pass 'it' on?

Also - when I try to send a batch of the daily episodes to a friend (I
zip them with 'stuffit') he tells me his machine won't accept them
because the Yahoo isp has discovered a virus in the file I sent.

wha?

thanks for any info you can glean from the above mish-mash!

de
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 15:52:48 -0700, Richard Ellis wrote
(in article <2dellis-2170DA.15524805082008 RemoveThis @news.west.cox.net>):

> I have never had problems with virus's and I've always owned a Mac.
> Recently I acquired an iMac G5 - 10.3.9. Wheee, whatta machine!
>
> so here's the problem. I send several messages each day to a
> subscription base, like 700 emails, of a 'story'. Sometimes I receive a
> "bounce' message telling me the email was refused because the
> virus-stopper on the recipient's end discovered a virus in my message.
>
> Is it possible to send virus's but not have them affect my Mac - except
> for me to pass 'it' on?
>
> Also - when I try to send a batch of the daily episodes to a friend (I
> zip them with 'stuffit') he tells me his machine won't accept them
> because the Yahoo isp has discovered a virus in the file I sent.
>
> wha?
>
> thanks for any info you can glean from the above mish-mash!
>
> de
>

It is possible to transfer a virus via a Mac. For example, if a friend sends
you an email with a Windows virus, it wouldn't infect your machine, but if
you forwarded the email to a Windows machine, they could get infected.

If you are creating the email yourself, then I think it is very unlikely that
it contains a virus. More likely the recipient is generating a false
positive.

Clam AV is a free Mac antivirus program. Perhaps you could install this and
scan your system to give yourself more piece of mind.

StephenC