>> How in the heck can people I don't know be receiving virus infected messages
>> from me. 

On 10-25-03 John Teffer wrote:

>It could mean that your name and email address is in the address book of
>someone with a virus.  The virus on that person's computer is sending out
>copies of itself, and using random names from their address book as the
>return address.  Your best course of action?  Convince everyone you know to
>buy a Mac!  Second best: just ignore it.
>
>This is just my guess, there could really be a virus on your computer, but I
>think we would have heard about it, since Mac email viruses are so rare, or
>your scanner would have found it.

Thanks, John.  I think you've sized it up pretty well.  What I have done is
to alert all my family and friends to look closely at any messages that seem
to have come from me, 'cause there's a good chance they're not, and could
well have a virus attached.

Gads, we're living in a sick world.

Zippy 


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