Furthermore, I am also a subscriber to the gimp-user list, and have *NOT* received any of the messages that you refer to. That says to me that the messages which you refer to have probably *not* actually come to you via the gimp-user list.
One last thing: The machines that I am presently using are not connected to the internet via my Austin Road Runner account, which means that they are incapable of sending messages with the email address that you referenced. s/KAM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nonexistent Entity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gimp Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 3:20 AM Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] RE: Incoming Msg > I'm afraid that you are inadequately informed. Just as with many other > users of public lists and newgroups, if you are receiving virus emails with > my address, it is because my address is in another user's address book whose > machine has been infected with a virus, and is sending out emails with > spoofed source addresses, including mine. > > I do realize that you have good intentions, and appreciate the polite tone > of your note. However, my computers are *NOT* infected, and I'd appreciate > it if you would do a little more research regarding these viruses and how > they work before spreading such false rumors to a public list. If you had > done more homework, you would have found that these viruses *never* send out > email using the *actual* address of the host machine they are running on. > Instead, they always use spoofed addresses from the host machine's address > book, who in this case is probably another reader of the gimp-user list. > > Furthermore, if you look at the email headers on the messages that you are > refering to, you will probably find that they do not come from an IP address > on my ISP's domain. If you want to track the source of these emails down, > then you might try contacting the ISP for the originating IP address. > However, since the source IP address can also be easily spoofed, that may > also be a wild goose chase. > > s/KAM > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nonexistent Entity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "KevinMyers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gimp Users" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 3:00 AM > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] RE: Incoming Msg > > > > Hi, > > > > It's been 3 times that your account > > "KevinMyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > > sent viruses in ( .scr and .cpl ) attachment files > > to Gimp-user group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > could you please check your computer if it's infected. > > > > It concerns me because for some reason I don't > > get mail sent from you filtered along the way and > > viruses sent from your account > > stand for half the traffic from the group. > > > > Thank you in advance. > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
