[Mimedefang] How to Handle a Virus.

[Karel.DeBruyne at ua.ac.be]

On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Jack Olszewski wrote:

> Bouncing the message, action_bounce( ... ), does not mean sending it
> anywhere. It means its immediate rejection with a signal ... to the sender:
>
> 554 5.7.1 ...

I prefered this! Simple, the least work for the sysadmin, no risk for
filesystems filling up...

If I receive a mail with a virus, I add the Sender to a list wich is being
used by sendmail to bounce. This way, an infected pc sending a lot of
mails only generates one mimedefang-session.

During the night this lists is reset, and in the bounce-message, I mention
an URL where a user can remove his name from this list.

Karel
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