Andrew Main writes:

>My ISP just notified me of a "possible virus" in a quarantined 
>message, which purports to be
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

That should tip you off -- we're hosted at maclaunch.com.

> with the
>Subject: Compact Macs Digest #1328
<snip>
>When I opened the message in the ISP's Web interface, it said "THE 
>HTML CODE IN THIS MESSAGE MAY CONTAIN A VIRUS, THEREFORE IT IS NOT 
>SAFE TO DISPLAY.  YOU MAY WISH TO CONTACT THE SENDER AND NOTIFY THEM 
>OF THE INFECTION."

That should also have tipped you off, as our list server rejects styled 
email and messages with attachments.

>How did the sender get my address?

Did you post a message to that digest or a recent digest? That might have 
been the source.


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