On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 11:43:01AM -0500, Alan Brown wrote: > On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > I "solve" 2 by running antivir on the mail server. This quarantines mail > > containing viruses, sends a message to the intended recipient to say it > > has done so and a message to the sender, > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > So you're one of the bastards with malconfigured scanners mailbombing me > with virus warnings thanks to most worms using forged addresses. > No I am not. Since I don't in the whole history of my virus checker it has detected 2 emails with viruses in them. 2, yes 2. I don;t hang out in circles where many viruses get sent to me. Besides which I believe it does a reverse DNS lookup first to check that the sender is who he says he is. If I though I was causing a mailbomb I would stop it.
> Gee, thanks. What makes you think it's much different to any other form > of spam? It isn't Spam, in many cases it is accidental. I am not a bastard, and I suggest you cntrol your language and name-calling on a mailing list when you are not in possession of the facts. I happen to now what I am doing. You might ask yourself why is *someone* forging *your* email address ? It sounds to me like any misconfiguration is on your side. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ]
