[Mimedefang] Re: calling action_bounce() for viruses

Jim McCullars jim at info.uah.edu
Tue Sep 30 10:03:56 EDT 2003


On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, David F. Skoll wrote:

> It's a tough call.  Philosophically and emotionally, I agree with you.
> However, I have been annoyed more by bounce messages from viruses than
> from actual viruses themselves,

   I'm convinced that most of those spurious bounce messages are the
result of setups where the MTA accepts the message, then something scans
it, then they decide to return it.  That's why I like the milter approach.
Refuse it while you are connected to whomoever or whatever is sending.

Jim





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