So far I have not seen one case of someone I know informing me that I have sent a message to them with a virus included. They have all been from strangers, which is one reason they get trapped by my filters. As best I can tell, all the to and from addresses are randomly selected. Cheers...\Stef At 0:52 +0100 8/31/03, Tim Chown wrote: >On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 05:25:19PM -0400, Dean Anderson wrote: > > > > The Virus writer obviously went to some trouble to pick valid addresses. > > It stands to reason that they expect that someone is getting mail to these > > addresses. It also stands to reason that the abuser expects those persons > > to get Virus notifications. > >I don't think so; isn't it more likely the writer wants the infection to >spread, and the best chance for that is that the recipient sees a From: >address that they recognise and "trust", rather than kerjregj@jsfjkh.com, >so they look at the content where they otherwise would be wary? > >I don't see a problem with notifications where the virus is known not to >forge the sender. > >Tim