On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 06:00:43PM +0000, Alan Chandler wrote: > Had to forward because the list bounced it as having an attachment (html > iframe which I now removed from message) > > - ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Subject: Beware FAKE e-mails being sent as though from list > Date: Monday 30 Dec 2002 3:01 pm > From: Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I just received an e-mail that looked as though it at come from this list, > (from "nate" ) but in closer inspection it had done nothing of the sort > having been forwarded through a mail server at free.fr from a dial up account > at proxad.net > > It seems to have a screensave file dressed up to look like a standard text > file.
This is a very common virus, forging e-mail addresses it finds on the victim computer. It is not forging the address of the list, but that of an individual; either way, it's automatic and vanishingly unlikely to be explicitly targeted at readers of this list. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
