[Mimedefang] ClamAV's Worm/Trojan/Joke/W97M classifications

[Jim McCullars]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Les Mikesell wrote:

> If the thing sending is a standards-conforming MTA, your refusal
> obligates it to construct a bounce back to what it thinks is the
> sender.  In the case of viruses, this will always be incorrect so
> you are likely swamping some innocent party's mailbox with bounces.

   In the case of viruses, the thing sending is almost never a
"standards-conforming MTA".

Jim McCullars
University of Alabama in Huntsville