SPAM must be killed, we must destroy! If this world had a once of intelligence spam would be illegal by now.
> From: "Alan Sargent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "G-List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:58:15 +0800 > To: "G-List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PC Users, Please Check Your Machines > > At 10:06 AM 18/01/05 -0700, Bruce Johnson johnson-at-pharmacy.arizona.edu > |G-list| wrote: >> >> On Jan 17, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Alan Sargent wrote: >> >>> At 04:48 PM 17/01/05 -0600, Jerry Bryant jerrylbryant-at-sbcglobal.net >>> |G-list| wrote: >>>> Apparently someone, and possibly now maybe others, that use a pc to >>>> send and receive email from the lists have at least one virus. >>> >>> It's just as likely someone has scraped the addresses from the web >>> "archive", which displays all our addresses in clear. >> >> Viruses do not work that way. Viruses spoof the 'from' and 'to' >> addresses from address stores on the infected system, either outlook >> address books, or web cache files. > > Spammers do though. It was spam that caused me to change my list address > last time. > >> You may be getting some spam from this, but even in that arena, the >> vast majority of e-mail addresses are gotten via infected systems. It's >> hugely simpler to do it that way and you're more likely to get valid >> e-mail addresses. > > Tests have shown that any email address exposed on a web page gets spam in > short order. > That's why almost every mail archive, except LEM's, munges addresses in > their web version. > >> Yes. if you're getting sent viruses, it's from an infected machine that >> has both the 'from' and 'to' addresses on it somewhere. > > Viruses and spam are forming a nice ecosystem now. Some spammer uses my > address as a "From:", this gets to some infected user's mailbox and his > virus sends me a virus &/or more spam; or is bounced back to me with the > payload attached; and round and round. > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
