I've got a team

March 7, 2004

Thanks to the Windows e-mail virus du jour, I've learned that I have an Andrewraff.com team:

From: staff(at)andrewraff.com
Subject: Notify about using the e-mail account.
Date: March 2, 2004 10:02:36 PM EST
To: Andrew Raff

Dear user of "Andrewraff.com" mailing system,

Your e-mail account has been temporary disabled because of unauthorized access.

For details see the attached [.pif] file.

Kind regards,
The Andrewraff.com team

I hope this doesn't mean that I have to start paying better wages or providing benefits, since I can't afford to pay more than the $0/hr rate that my team currently earns. On the other hand, maybe this means I'll have a better showing in the inter-blog softball league this year. It's been hard to field a competitive team without any other team members.

By the end of this year, I will not be surprised if internet e-mail suffers a major meltdown, or if a new set of protocols finally emerges to require some sort of authentication of identity in e-mail.