[Mimedefang] Need help with virus notifications
WBrown at e1b.org
WBrown at e1b.org
Mon Dec 13 10:55:18 EST 2004
mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com wrote on 12/13/2004 09:26:25
AM:
> Take the time to identify whether the message is a mass-mailer that
> falsifies the sender's address. This is simple to do, and it avoids
> attacking an innocent (remember, the bounce might include the infected
> attachment ... and the bounce is going to the one person in the world
who
> DID NOT send the virus in the first place).
Given that nearly all of the current viruses use their own internal SMTP
engines to send directly, a 550 will just kill the virus. It will only
harrass an innocent third party if the infected email is relayed through a
normal mail server.
Under that situation, I do not feel guilty about that person because I am
not generating the mail, all I am doing is refusing to accept delivery of
it.
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