[R] question about unwanted addresses in contact list

[Corey Gallon]

The suggestion that "a virus floating around on this distribution list" is baseless.  All source code distributed on the list is embedded in messages in plaintext -- i.e. there is no distribution of binary files as part of the mailing list.  How would a virus propagate under these circumstances?

Your complaint is almost certainly the result of your email client and its particular configuration.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Compton <scompton at duke.edu>
Sender: <r-help-bounces at r-project.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:32:15 
To: Erik Iverson<eriki at ccbr.umn.edu>
Cc: <r-help at r-project.org>
Subject: Re: [R] question about unwanted addresses in contact list

It doesn't happen to other lists that I belong to, just the R lists. But I will check.
Thanks for the tip.

Best, 
Scott

On Aug 18, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Erik Iverson wrote:

> 
> 
> Scott Compton wrote:
>> Hi,
>> It looks like about 200+ addresses from people who post on this list
>> have been added to my contact list without my permission. Has this
>> happened to other people? I use Mac OS. This is quite disconcerting
>> and suggests a virus floating around on this distribution list.
> 
> Very likely, your unstated mailer collects all addresses it 'sees'
> and puts them in its address book.  If you don't like this behavior,
> it might be able to be turned off.  But that depends on your
> particular mail program, and not R.

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