On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 17:05:31 -0000, Tony S. Sykes wrote > The problem we have though is that if the person was daft enough to have > opened up the email attachment and been infected, they won't have a clue > about how to fix it, or even if they are infected. I can't believe a > regular list user to be that naive.
Well, you really can't fault the end user. It doesn't take a degree in computer literacy to switch the on button and send mail. Nor should it. Those days are gone and with good riddance. Eventually the software will become smart enough to keep up with daftest of users. Although, I don't think my parents will ever stop believing everything they read on the net... But the bounced viruses is not just an end user or an MS problem. This is a Linux problem as well. I haven't kept track, but most of the 'undeliverable' bounced emails I get from other mail servers are coming from other Linux mail servers (or at least non-MS servers). I myself would be one of those servers if I hadn't recently come to terms with the problem. It doesn't matter that this time it's the result of an MS virus. I've found that spammers are using this same technique more and more (which is what prompted me to change prior to this). It's far easier to get your mail server config wrong, than it is to get a working mail server up and running. After all, bouncing an unknown user doesn't seem like a bad thing, until you get 60 bounces from xyz.com claiming you sent them an email to an unknown user. I don't know what the solution is, but there's an awful lot of bandwidth going to waste on bounced email these days. and talk about bounced email ;) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lexx /Sigil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 4:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Virus problems > > Scott said: > > From my experience, this virus isn't just scanning > > address books and > > flailing away. It's mixing and matching so if it > > finds [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] in an infected computer, > > it's going to fake > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > mandrake.com. Given the odds (and a huge address > > book), sooner or later > > some of these composed addresses are going to start > > resulting in real > > addresses. At least that's how it appears to me, > > judging from all the > > failed attempts in my mail server logs. > Yes, that's exactly what is happening I manage a > couple of domains and I'm getting mail adressed to > people who do not and have never existed. > > > The thing that bothers me most about this virus is: > > > > - Not the virus itself. It was quickly added to my > > filters, never to be > > seen again. > > - Not the faked addresses. They are rejected (NOT > > BOUNCED) by my mail > > server and never returned. > > > > No, the thing that's most annoying is the continual > > stream of bounce replies > > from mail servers that feel the best solution to an > > unknown user is to send > > it back (to the faked sender) in full with comments. > > > > This is not the correct way to deal with mail, > > particularily when it's virus > > initiated. > Exactly my sentiments, I'm getting so many bounce > messages now it's getting beyond a joke. Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca)
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