Yes, that was spoofing. The big worms this year all spoof the sending address and yours can be harvested and passed along. You end up getting spam virus attacks and auto virus responders as well. My yahoo account was getting overwhelmed until Yahoo switched to not counting Spam in the memory limit.
Gary #1 on google for liberal news On Wed, 05 May 2004 15:46:27 -0500, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > Is this another example of the "spoofing" that goes > > on, as happened to me last month and apparently Sonja > > last week? Message text in entirety below. Note that > > I wasn't in the office at all on the day a > > contaminated message was supposedly sent from 'me.' I > > also don't know a Dina Gadon. > > Debbi > > The answer to your question is "yes". At this point, they should stop > using the automated bounce-back for viruses, as chances are the *least* > likely person to have the virus is the one in the "from" field. My best > guess is that someone is infected who has both you and Dina Gadon in > their address book. > > Julia
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