Re: COMP: Virus -Bogus (STEVE)
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] COMP: Virus -Bogus (STEVE)
- From: C* B*
- Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 07:00:52 -0400
Sandra,
Piece of cake!
Email is easy to forge. Would you like one from president@whitehouse.gov ?
Easy... The net was born amongst folks who just agreed to adhere to a few
standards called RFCs and to follow guidelines, and without enforcing them
thru the protocols.
And you know what, it used to work quite well...
showing my age,
(a different) cathy
Sandra Barss wrote:
> Do I understand you correctly that if someone has my email address on their
PC
> in
> any form, the virus can use my address as if I sent the email, but really
the
> email came from the infected machine ?
>
> Sandra
>
> Steve Szabo wrote:
... <snip>
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