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    1. Re: [ENG-LIV] (no subject)
    2. Neil Houghton
    3. Hi, Just to clear up a popular misconception: Just because spam is sent with a particular "from' header does not mean that that email has actually come from the purported sender (either by design or due to their computer being infected) It is a trivial exercise to send an email with a false "from" address. Sometimes your email address is "harvested" and spam can be sent which appears to come from you but has not, in fact, originated from your computer - which may be "clean" of any infection. Unfortunately, there is not much you can do if your computer is clean but some spammer is sending mail which appears to come from you :o(( I'm not trying to make any point - I just mention it out of interest having come across people worrying after being told their computer must be infected when, in fact, there was no problem at their end. Cheers Neil -- Neil Houghton Albany Western Australia on 19/10/12 3:01 PM, [email protected] at [email protected] wrote: > From: Lynne <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Lynne <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:44:08 -0400 (EDT) > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] (no subject) > > Hello all > > Another bit of spam from a subscriber's infected PC. This has been reported > and the process to remove the post from the list's archives has been > initiated. > > Never click on a link included in spam and remember to update and run your AV > program frequently. > > Kind regards, > Lynne > co-admin. > >

    10/19/2012 09:48:14