[Mimedefang] action_bounce - forget it!

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Do, den 29.01.2004 schrieb David F. Skoll um 15:13:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Dirk Mueller wrote:
> 
> > > line ~220) looks like this - see below. No bouncing, no quarantines, just
> > > action_discard. For ALL the viruses/worms. That's it!
> 
> > Well, in most countries this is however illegal.
> 
> I doubt it.  Do you have evidence to support this statement?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> David.

I can at least acknowledge this for German rights: it's in the German
criminal code §206. You can get up to 5 years imprisonment!

(Annotation: this is a really possible consequence if you discard mail
which is wanted by recipient - but can you be 100% sure a global discard
rule will only destroy virus/worm mails and no false positives? This is
the relevant point)

Alexander


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