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!

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