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

Jim McCullars jim at info.uah.edu
Thu Jun 30 11:02:33 EDT 2005



On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Les Mikesell wrote:

> You didn't answer when I asked this before so I'll try again. Viruses
> virtually always use legitimate addresses found in the local contact
> list or headers of received email - just not the real sender.  How
> does your system ensure that rejections by the next hop can only
> be returned to the real sender, not a forged address?

   If I reject the email at our gateway, there is no "next hop".

Jim McCullars
University of Alabama in Huntsville





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