On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 01:53:59 -0300 Damian G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Time for an interpreter... :^) > > Damian G wrote: > > > > > > but my point is, probably you can't track it down to a single > > > person, virtually everyone who has you on their adress book can be > > > sending them.. > > > > > > HTH > > > > SHEESH! DrJ must've on a hair trigger for some reason... > > Why in hell would I worry about a virus written for a windoze machine Damian was just providing his perspective of the e-mails we were discussing. > > running outlook? I don't do windoze. You do, however, Damian, make the > > > > point I was trying to get across. If you are getting one on these Craig was agreeing with Damian -- "You do...make the point..." > > infected emails sent to you, and the mail service is advising you that > > > > you are the originator of the email but you are clearly not the Actually, it's the *originator* that decides the content of the From: li[n]e. :> > > originator. Then it is my contention that the infected machine must > > have your address. It is a no-brainer! How in hell would the code in > > the virus "know" to use your email address as the sender: YOU ARE IN > > THE ADDRESS BOOK ON THAT INFECTED MACHINE. Yup... and the fsck'ers stuff both {To:,From:} with the "victim" addy. > uhm... i read a post about someone trying to track down this stuff. > that was the reason for my post. Thanks for the offline copy. > for the record, guess again. i do not use outlook. Craig never said you did... though I can understand how breaking the sentence with "..., however,..." might have given you that impression... an honest mistake. > and, -also for the record, if you want- i think you need to calm down a > bit. RFC1043 states: "Be conservative in what you send; be liberal in what you accept from others." Back to your corners... :^) > Damian Cheers, Pierre
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