Set your name and email address to match those of a non-believer, then post them something like: "message to self. Do not trust the "from" field" ;)
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 08:25, Yuri de Groot wrote: > I can guess how that happened. > Someone with linux-users in their address book got infected. > When the virus sends itself, it uses one of the addresses in the address > book as the "from:" address. > > I know this is so because a group of people I know all got a (windoze) > virus that they swear came from me, even though I don't use windows. Grrr! > > I think some of them still hold it against me, and I can't convince them > otherwise (too technical to explain, the more tech savvy ones believe me > though). > > Yuri > > >I just got a mail in my inbox from [EMAIL PROTECTED] that > >undoubtedly had a (windows) virus, just take care out there! > > > >Subject was "A Very Funny Website" > > > >I get plenty of these and bin them, its just the funny from address made > >me take a look!
