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Rob,

Yes, it is in the unapproved messages, however it is from an
influential but obscure local public agency with the signature of a
high-level staff member so I don't want to delete.

Well, if you can wait a few days maybe give that person a phone call to verify that they sent the message, and what is in it. I don't know about your situation, but given the name of an agency and a person it should be possible to get through to them.

Or, since you feel it is likely to be legit, copy their name and email address from the pending message and send them an email thanking them and asking for details. You don't have to tip your hand that you were initially suspicious. After confirmation you can approve the message.

If your group has other moderators you might want to start and then cancel an edit to the message. That will "claim" the message in your name so that they will get a warning message if they try to approve it.

Is there no way to check?

Again depending on your level of confidence, you might go ahead and download it. Depending on the security settings and software you have it may get checked during download or when you open it.

Would it even get on groups.io servers if it had a virus? I thought
they also checked.

They do, and IIRC if a threat were detected the message wouldn't even have made it to your Pending list.

Nevertheless, I tend to be paranoid about out-of-the-blue messages bearing "gifts". With all the new threats out there I'm never entirely sure that my antivirus is up to date enough, even when it says it is.

Shal


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