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Re: I received a virus email today...
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 26 Aug 2002 05:56:49 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail^avoidspam^.net>
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[sjbaker1@airmail]avoidspam[.net]
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Dean Husby wrote:
> I'm running Norton AV 2002 so I know it's not me actually sending them. It
> scans incoming and outgoing mail automaticly. I also don't use outlook.
I get a bunch of bounces from mail servers claiming I'm infected with Klez - but
I'm running Linux - so I *know* that I'm not really the sender.
They just fake your email address and use it as the 'ReplyTo' so they don't
get swamped with the bounces.
----------------------------- Steve Baker -------------------------------
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: I received a virus email today...
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| Actually, the email wasn't from Dean, or Husby. That was only the name of the file. What was coincidental was the fact that it mentioned Lego Mindstorms, WebRing, and Husby all at the same time... Rob "Steve Baker" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: I received a virus email today...
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| "Rob Hendrix" <rob.removebeforesen...msltc.org> wrote in message news:H1FK2G.Cu5@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) I get tones of those every day. They grab email addresses from people's caches and whatnot and then fake out email to make them look more (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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