In a message dated 4/22/2002 12:20:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Peter
Macholdt <vze2846b@verizon.net> wrote:
> I just realized that an email was sent to the entire 6-PACK list using my
> email address. It was the one that said "Hi, how are you?".
>
> Trouble is, I didn't send it and it didn't originate on my machine. I
> don't
> know how it happened and I am not happy about it. Probably some moron with
> nothing better to do than play games.
>
Peter,
Someone recently sent out an e-mail from my address with the subject line
"check out my new girlfriend." In the message was a link to a porno site. As
in your case, the email didn't originate on my machine, because it was sent
to people whose addresses are not in my address book.
I looked into this, and it turns out to be extremely easy to do, easy enough
that even a moron can do it.
If anyone receives an inappropriate message from a list member, don't get
angry, because it probably was not from whom it appears to be.
Regards,
Dan Masters
Alcoa, Tennessee
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