on Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 01:03:37AM -0700, Adam McKenna ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Also, I don't have any hard data to support this, but it's obvious to > me that the volume of mail generated by virus scanners in response to > Sobig.f eclipses the volume of TMDA challenges by at least a factor of > 10. So far, I haven't received *one* TMDA challenge that was due to > Sobig, but I've received *hundreds* of messages from virus scanners > all over the net. > > So, I guess we should add virus scanners to the list of verboten > software. My own inbox supports this statement. 140 responses to Sobig.F mails, of which 43 are virus or other content-based autoresponders, and 97 being delivery failure messages or other autoresponders (e.g.: ISP help desk). The bounces can be reduced. The virus responses are irresponsible, and have been for almost two years as the number of sender-spoofing emails has grown. I LART a fair number of the responders, report them to spam-reporting systems, and frequently bounce the mail to the AV vendor(s) responsible with a nastygram (procmail recipies). Strongly encouraging virus autoresponders be disabled is also an independent campaign I've been active in and plan to take to the IT media mainstream. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? I managed to love simultaneously -- and this is not easy -- women and justice. -- Albert Camus, _The Fall_
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