On 23 Apr 2002 01:39:07 -0400 Lyvim Xaphir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 00:42, Damian G wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 01:30:18 -0500 > > "J. Craig Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 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! > > > > > > Why in hell would I worry about a virus written for a windoze machine > > > 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 > > > 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 > > > 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. > > > > uhm... i read a post about someone trying to track down this stuff. > > for the record, i do not use outlook. > > > > and, -also for the record, if you want- i think you need to calm down a bit. > > > > > Damian, > > My interpretation of what JC is saying above is that basically he's > agreeing with you, saying that you are making his point exactly; there's > no intimation that you are an Outlook user. You've been around the > lists for a while and are obviously an informed Linux user. Plus JC > seems to be expressing some ire at the care anyone would have over a > windoze machine with a virus, rather forcefully. ;) > > Which, I can understand his emotive state when it comes to windoze crap; > it is the biggest case of mea culpa that there has ever been. The sheer > stupidity of it all; if you dare to load the junk, you are just asking > to be infected with a virus; and all the while the Linux users stand > around grinning and shaking their heads, impervious to it all. > > Some of us feel that the more Winblows viruses, the better. > > > The Best, > > LX i guess the "all-caps" sentences make me a little defensive... i guess i didn't really grasp the meaning of his answer. if this is the case, i'm sorry. Damian
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