[Mimedefang] Virus hoaxes
Matthew.van.Eerde at hbinc.com
Matthew.van.Eerde at hbinc.com
Fri Jan 20 11:32:15 EST 2006
Steffen Kaiser wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Matthew.van.Eerde at hbinc.com wrote:
>
>> Kenneth Porter wrote:
>>>
>>> Now I'm wondering why Clam (configured in MD) doesn't treat hoaxes,
>>> like phish, as just another virus. Is there some other system that's
>>> targeted at stopping hoaxes?
>>
>> Hoaxes aren't really all that serious of a problem.
>
> Well, those "Nigerian" money transfer stuff is subject of
> SpamAssassine; I would expect that for all hoaxes, too.
The Nigerian scams are forgeries, sent in bulk by anonymous senders.
Hoaxes like the jdbgmgr "Teddy Bear virus" hoax are legitimate email really sent by well-meaning people who know you. There's a line there which I personally don't want to cross, though every email system manager has a different set of rules to live by.
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