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

[Les Mikesell]

On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 12:18, James Ebright wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 12:52:22 -0400, Chris Gauch wrote
> > I just think virus-infected email belongs in /dev/null
> 
> Yeah, but why accept it and send it to your bit-bucket in the first place when
> you can simply refuse to accept it? ;-)

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.

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  Les Mikesell
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