Re: Email mystery

[Shay Telfer]

I have had occasion to send an email with an attachment which was a 
.zip folder containing several items.
The email was never seen by the recipient, sent twice, and no 
message of warning came back to me.  I am familiar with some servers 
that will not accept certain types of attachment.
Other emails to the same addressee go through fine, either with no 
attachment or with .doc or .jpg files (not zipped).  The same zipped 
attachment will come back to one of my own addresses correctly.
Has anyone any thoughts on this.  I assume it is the target server 
but why does it send no message back to me?

Severin Crisp


Because viruses in zip attachments frequently fake their from 
addresses, so the only result of replying to them is to annoy some 
person at random who has no relation to the virus e-mail. Not 
replying reduces the worlds overall traffic and frustration levels, 
and this is the approach some organisations take.


Have fun,
Shay
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Re: Email mystery

[Rob Findlay]

The server at the other end would be configured simply to delete all
messages with .zip attachments for security reasons as some virus's /
scripts are called this. The reason for not sending a notification could  be
that the anti-virus software is doing the removal of the message before it
hits the mail queue. Most virus and spam traps are configured like this.
Mail is diverted first through the anti-virus / spam software, processed and
then routed back to the mail queue.
Rob



On 26/9/05 2:03 PM, "Severin Crisp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have had occasion to send an email with an attachment which was
> a .zip folder containing several items.
> The email was never seen by the recipient, sent twice, and no message
> of warning came back to me.  I am familiar with some servers that
> will not accept certain types of attachment.
> Other emails to the same addressee go through fine, either with no
> attachment or with .doc or .jpg files (not zipped).  The same zipped
> attachment will come back to one of my own addresses correctly.
> Has anyone any thoughts on this.  I assume it is the target server
> but why does it send no message back to me?
> Severin Crisp

Email mystery

[Severin Crisp]

I have had occasion to send an email with an attachment which was  
a .zip folder containing several items.
The email was never seen by the recipient, sent twice, and no message  
of warning came back to me.  I am familiar with some servers that  
will not accept certain types of attachment.
Other emails to the same addressee go through fine, either with no  
attachment or with .doc or .jpg files (not zipped).  The same zipped  
attachment will come back to one of my own addresses correctly.
Has anyone any thoughts on this.  I assume it is the target server  
but why does it send no message back to me?

Severin Crisp


Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
   15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
  Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
 email  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web pages http://www.JennyCrisp.com.au
   &  http://members.westnet.com.au/Crisp

Re: Email mystery

[Shay Telfer]

I have a problem in receiving mail from one particular PC user in
Queensland... The header and subject reads OK and I can receive
attacments and replies quote the previous message fine BUT anything she
types in as a new message is not received... All I get is the following
in the body of the emails she sends:

> This e-mail has been scanned by RAV Antivirus.

I am using a G4/867 10.2.6 and Mail version 1.2.5... This is the only
sender I have this problem with and don't know what to suggest to her
as being the problem or if indeed I have the problem this end.

Any thoughts would be welcome.


Get her to send the e-mail to a PC user, and see if they can receive it intact.

If not, then the problem is either with Mail, your Mac or the path 
the mail takes between your sender and the Mac. You could try using a 
different e-mail program and see if it too has the same problem 
(personally I use Eudora  as it's been around 
for a lot longer than Mail.app)


Good luck,
Shay
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Opinions for hire [POQ] in Rio?
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Email mystery

[Psychological Health Care]

I have a problem in receiving mail from one particular PC user in 
Queensland... The header and subject reads OK and I can receive 
attacments and replies quote the previous message fine BUT anything she 
types in as a new message is not received... All I get is the following 
in the body of the emails she sends:

> This e-mail has been scanned by RAV Antivirus.

I am using a G4/867 10.2.6 and Mail version 1.2.5... This is the only 
sender I have this problem with and don't know what to suggest to her 
as being the problem or if indeed I have the problem this end.

Any thoughts would be welcome.

Regards,

Phil

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