[Mimedefang] Mimedefang 2.36 and how to drop a blocked attachment message - action_bounce?

Kenneth Porter shiva at sewingwitch.com
Mon Sep 29 15:59:00 EDT 2003


--On Monday, September 29, 2003 11:46 AM -0500 Les Mikesell
<les at futuresource.com> wrote:

> The relays don't have to be open, they are there for the PCs
> in that organization. It would be great if they all ran
> MimeDefang and a virus scanner.  They don't.  It would also be great
> if everyone stopped running virus-prone operating systems and mail
> programs, but that isn't going to happen soon either.  So, when you
> issue the smtp reject there is a pretty good chance you are forcing
> the connected machine to generate a bounce, and if it is a virus the
> bounce will almost certainly go to an innocent bystander.

The problem in this scenario is that the MTA is not tracking where the message
came from, and sends the bounce to the envelope sender, not the original relay
(ie. the originating client PC). Are there any MTA's that correctly bounce to
the original relay?





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