[Warty] and Evolution - sent mail going to unassigned recipients - Linz

Lindsay judenlinz at orcon.net.nz
Tue Apr 12 12:09:27 UTC 2005


Well thats good to hear.

On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 12:49 +0100, Jon Dixon wrote:
> Hi Linz
> 
> As long as you correctly addressed the email to the list and this
> other friend then the problem likely lies with the lists server.
> 
> AFAIK, the virii that do address book pilfering don't reside on Linux.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Jon
> 
> On Apr 12, 2005 12:38 PM, Lindsay <judenlinz at orcon.net.nz> wrote:
> > Is it possible I have a virus or Trojan?
> > 
> > I sent an email to a PC-Helpers list (for Windows users) and a bcc copy
> > to a local friend, using Evolution.   A third party received this email
> > which he realized wasn't for him and he contacted me immediately.
> > Would you say this was a viral problem as I am using Ubuntu Linux only,
> > on this PC?
> > 
> > I am about to download Avast anti-virus just in case, but felt I'd get a
> > few opinions first.  Also, I do not know how to install Avast (which has
> > a Linux version) on my Ubuntu PC, so will require so help with doing
> > that after I download it via Firefox.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Linz
> > 
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> > 
> 
> 
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