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.

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