[Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread spam
Hi, I'm using Exim4, Courier and clamav. Clamav works fine on my server. When an infected message is detected, clamav removes it and sends a report to the sender. Is it possible to inform the recipient about the rejected mail? Thanks in advance, Michael

Re: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread Jim Maul
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm using Exim4, Courier and clamav. Clamav works fine on my server. When an infected message is detected, clamav removes it and sends a report to the sender. Is it possible to inform the recipient about the rejected mail? Yes it is possible, but clamav doesnt

Re: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread Thorolf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, Tomasz Papszun wrote: snip | | This is a bad behaviour. You're bothering innocent people (email worms | falsify senders). | Try to reject emails at least after DATA in SMTP trasaction. | |Is it possible to inform the recipient about the

Re: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread Dennis Peterson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hi, I'm using Exim4, Courier and clamav. Clamav works fine on my server. When an infected message is detected, clamav removes it and sends a report to the sender. You have no idea where the report is going. You certainly have no reason to believe it is going to the

RE: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread Shayne Lebrun
You have no idea where the report is going. You certainly have no reason to believe it is going to the sender. You should disable this feature. Sounds like he wants to inform the recipient, not the sender. Hi, you got a mail from so and so, but it had a virus, so I deleted it. If you're

RE: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread Gareth Blades
On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 16:08, Shayne Lebrun wrote: You have no idea where the report is going. You certainly have no reason to believe it is going to the sender. You should disable this feature. Sounds like he wants to inform the recipient, not the sender. Hi, you got a mail from so and

Re: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread Jeremy Kitchen
On Thursday 05 January 2006 08:08, Shayne Lebrun wrote: You have no idea where the report is going. You certainly have no reason to believe it is going to the sender. You should disable this feature. Sounds like he wants to inform the recipient, not the sender. Hi, you got a mail from so

Re: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread Daniel J McDonald
On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 09:44 -0800, Jeremy Kitchen wrote: On Thursday 05 January 2006 08:08, Shayne Lebrun wrote: Still probably bad form, as you'd be spamming the living daylights out of the poor recipient. this is why you simply reject (5xx) the message at the gates. And then they send

Re: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread Jeremy Kitchen
On Thursday 05 January 2006 09:49, Daniel J McDonald wrote: On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 09:44 -0800, Jeremy Kitchen wrote: On Thursday 05 January 2006 08:08, Shayne Lebrun wrote: Still probably bad form, as you'd be spamming the living daylights out of the poor recipient. this is why you

Re: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread Mike Jackson
IMHO the strongest argument for 1) is the innocent bystander analogy. Suppose you're manning a post office counter. A young man with his head shaved and Fight the Power tattoos hands you a ticking package with grease stains. He keeps looking over his shoulder. The return address on the

Re: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread Jeremy Kitchen
On Thursday 05 January 2006 10:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: any legitimate MTA treating a 5xx response as a I won't take it, but try my backup MXs should be shot, along with the author(s) and the operator(s). This is an undecidable question. There are legitimate arguments for both sides:

RE: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread Matthew.van.Eerde
Jeremy Kitchen wrote: On Thursday 05 January 2006 10:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: any legitimate MTA treating a 5xx response as a I won't take it, but try my backup MXs should be shot, along with the author(s) and the operator(s). This is an undecidable question. There are legitimate

RE: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread Dennis Peterson
Shayne Lebrun said: You have no idea where the report is going. You certainly have no reason to believe it is going to the sender. You should disable this feature. Sounds like he wants to inform the recipient, not the sender. He does - I chose to address the greater stupidity. dp

Re: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread Dale Lists
Mike Jackson wrote: IMHO the strongest argument for 1) is the innocent bystander analogy. Suppose you're manning a post office counter. A young man with his head shaved and Fight the Power tattoos hands you a ticking package with grease stains. He keeps looking over his shoulder. The

Re: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread clamav
At 03:31 PM 1/5/2006, Dale Lists wrote: [some political ramblings] this is the clamav.net list. i get enough political diatribes in the newspaper magazines on television on the radio in email on assorted websites in IM from my mother from my brothers from friends from acquaintances let's keep

Re: [Clamav-users] Report infected mail to the user

2006-01-05 Thread Glenn
On Thursday 05 January 2006 17:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is the clamav.net list. i get enough political diatribes in the newspaper magazines on television on the radio in email on assorted websites in IM from my mother from my brothers from friends from acquaintances let's