Binand Raj S. [Fri Feb 08, 2002 at 09:54:58AM +0530]: > On Wednesday 06 February 2002 19:16 pm, Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri . wrote: > > I found a binary, /usr/bin/spam which is a symbolic link to > > /usr/local/ospam. What is it ? There are no man entries for spam or ospam. > > I get the following: > > > > [spavri@farzaan share]$ ospam --help > > Well, I guess the query here is answered, but there is one point no one made: > > It is a really, really bad idea to run a binary whose origins you cannot > verify. For all you know, your machine might have been trojaned, and this > (unknown, so far as you are concerned) program might just be monitoring your > keystrokes or doing unspeakable things to your computer. ;-) > > Binand
Well you live..you learn. Thanks to everyone who answered a seemingly dumb query. btw, Binand I expected atleast one screenshot of mutt on your geocities site :-) regards, Sharukh. -- Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri Mumbai, India. _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
