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Mac Forum / Applications / Eudora / December 2007Addressee changed to "unsubscribe"
Just a beginner curiosity question. I was typing an email in Eudora and must have hit a wrong key(s) possibly including open-Apple. At that point, the To field changed from what I had entered to something like "unsubscribe@......." (with the name of some company after the @ sign). Curious why that would happen and if I need to look for any problems, virus, spam, etc. Thanks for any tips. > Just a beginner curiosity question. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Thanks for any tips. There are *no* viruses on Mac OS X -- none. So that can't be the cause. And spam can't possibly cause your mail composition to do anything hokey like that. Eudora supports its own address books (multiples) and reads from the one in Mac OS X. Depending on settings and possible keystrokes, it's entirely possible that you simply somehow recalled an earlier address or nickname or such. Since you indicate that you probably hit one or more wrong keys, it's probably a simple matter of user error and no more.  SignatureSteve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama > There are *no* viruses on Mac OS X -- none. "OSX/Leap-A worm spreads via iChat instant messaging software" [Feb 2006] http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/02/macosxleap.html http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-021614-4006-99 http://www.securemac.com/ [Follow all the links] http://www.ambrosiasw.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=102379 Signature"There are no viruses on Macs" "See? -- even the virus writers don't support Macs!" > > There are *no* viruses on Mac OS X -- none. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > http://www.ambrosiasw.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=102379 This proves that Sophos thinks worms are a sub-category of viruses, a claim with which I strongly disagree. I still believe that my original statement that there are *no* viruses in existence for OS X is correct. All this does is take advantage of people's inattention. SignatureSteve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama > This proves that Sophos thinks worms are a sub-category of viruses, a > claim with which I strongly disagree. It reminds me a little of the bad joke about the Irish virus, all those years ago: "Hello. This is an Irish virus. Please delete all the files on your hard disk. Thank you." SignaturePeter >> "OSX/Leap-A worm spreads via iChat instant messaging software" [Feb 2006] >> http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/02/macosxleap.html [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> >> http://www.ambrosiasw.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=102379 > This proves that Sophos... And Symantec? > thinks worms are a sub-category of viruses, > a claim with which I strongly disagree. > I still believe that my original statement that there are *no* viruses > in existence for OS X is correct. > All this does is take advantage of people's inattention. Well, you should blame the liberal interpretation on me, rather than on any AV companies, which probably have used the term more strictly than have I. When I see an OP ask whether some glitch might be due to a virus, I take "virus" to mean "any malware"; otherwise it's like the cop squad which lets a thief escape a mall, even though ordered to "cover all the exits," because of nit-picking over a technicality, in which the thief actually escaped via an "Entrance" :) [ snip ] > When I see an OP ask whether some glitch might be due > to a virus, I take "virus" to mean "any malware"; > otherwise it's like the cop squad which lets a thief > escape a mall, even though ordered to "cover all the exits," > because of nit-picking over a technicality, > in which the thief actually escaped via an "Entrance" :) I'm not going to disagree with this. But it's annoying that so many people encounter some strange behavior and the very first question they ask is "do I have a virus?" when (at least to me) it is *so* inane to even think that. Maybe it's just me... SignatureSteve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama > it's annoying that so many people encounter some strange behavior > and the very first question they ask is "do I have a virus?" > when (at least to me) it is *so* inane to even think that. Yes, a bit like wondering whether any cough might indicate having caught a plague; it could be, but other things are more likely, and might be checked out first, particularly if one has all along been taking good care of general health with attention to preventive measures and cautions. "See the attachment for further details" :) -- |
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