[Mimedefang] help needed with mimedefang-filter

Tony Nugent tony at linuxworks.com.au
Mon Aug 11 09:25:01 EDT 2003


On Mon Aug 11 2003 at 12:24, "Muhammad Talha" wrote:

> i want what when virus found it will reject with bounce back with mimedefang
> mail addresss subject aslo be changed as i like.

No, please don't do that.

It is much better to simply silently drop the email (and log the
event).

Most viruses forge sender addresses.  By bouncing these messages,
you are simply relaying infectious email to the owner of the account
that has been used as the forgery.  If the address is invalid, it
will then continue to bounce around the net.  All a waste of time
and bandwidth, simply adding to the overall problem.

Cheers
Tony



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