oi Dana!! had the same thing this morning....dunno the addy though...I just bounced the email back to em. *boing*
------------------------------------ Thursday, June 26, 2003, 12:27:00 PM, you wrote: DT> Ahem. AOL emailed me the sobig.e virus according to my Norton antivirus. DT> The email has an attachment labeled your_details.zip, which is per the DT> specs for this virus. Naturally I did not open it. But the email is not DT> from [EMAIL PROTECTED]; the email is *from* AOL saying my email to her was not DT> delivered because it has a virus. Which they helpfully included for DT> reference. Now, from the top, this virus claims to be from people who are DT> also in the address book of the original sender. I do not know ruthj and DT> she is not in my address book, and I don't have this virus because norton DT> caught it in this email that AOL sent me. DT> God I hate it when you patronize me, especially when you usually don't have DT> a good grasp of what is going on when you do it. DT> Dana DT> On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:18:19 -0400, William Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DT> wrote: >> That doesn't say aol sent you a virus that says whoever mailed that ruth >> person has a virus that was in their email and they had better fix it. >> >> But either way aol is evil. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:12 PM >> Subject: Re: how stupid >> >> >>> the AOL user didnt send me the virus. AOL did. I got the following, with >>> the virus as an attachment. >>> >>> The original message was received at Thu, 26 Jun 2003 06:09:09 -0400 >>> (EDT) >>> from [66.72.7.21] >>> >>> *** ATTENTION *** >>> Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with >>> its >>> delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section >>> labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- >>> ". >>> The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section >>> labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----". >>> The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail >>> could >>> not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which >>> is >> a >>> general translation for other e-mail servers. >>> Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail >>> administrator. >>> --AOL Postmaster >>> >>> >>> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- >>> ... while talking to air-xm03.mail.aol.com.: >>> >>> DATA >>> <<< 554 TRANSACTION FAILED - Unrepairable Virus Detected. Your mail has >> not >>> been sent. >>> 554 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Service unavailable >>> >>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 10:59:06 -0500, Matt Blatchley ~ Bridgeleaf Studios >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> > Dana, >>> > >>> > I run into similar issues with AOL users. I have a few clients who >>> > refuse >>> > to use the email addresses I setup for them and they send me virus's >>> too >>> > stating I sent it to them. Big pain in the ass because I've requested >>> a >>> > response from the folks at AOL, but like you said, the level of >>> response >>> > is >>> > by someone part time and doesn't give two shiznitz about anyone other >>> > than >>> > their own customers, and that's only if they bitch consistently. I'd >>> > love >>> > to rant about them two, but I'll spare the rest of the list my opinion >> on >>> > that issue seeing as how they can all assume my feelings on that one >>> > anyway. >>> > I feel for ya! >>> > >>> > Matt >>> > >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:34 AM >>> > To: CF-Community >>> > Subject: how stupid >>> > >>> > >>> > (rant) >>> > I was complaining yesterday about getting a little notice scolding me >> for >>> > allegedly sending a virus to somebody I don't know in Finland. The >>> virus >>> > in >>> > question puts names from the true sender's address book in the "from" >>> > field, but apparently the system in question is not set up to check ip >>> > addresses. >>> > >>> > I ran an extra virus scan last night to be sure, and no, I don't have >>> > this >>> > virus. I would not expect to as my virus software scans incoming mail. >>> > >>> > This scan works, as demonstrated by the fact that this morning it >>> warned >>> > me >>> > that someone emailed me a virus. Come to find out it is AOL, >>> complaining >>> > that I sent this virus to [EMAIL PROTECTED], whom I do not know. >>> > >>> > The truly astounding thing is that *they mailed the virus to me* -- is >>> > that >>> > supposed to prove something? What if I did not in fact have up to date >>> > software? I used to work at AOL so I am well past expecting >>> intelligence >>> > from them, but geez, this practice is a threat to the health of the >>> > internet. Too bad it doesn't have a WHO. >>> > >>> > (end rant) >>> > Dana >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Mr Jones and me >>> > We're stumbling through the barrio.... >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >> DT> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
