On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 09:20:49PM +0100, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 01:03:37AM -0700, Adam McKenna ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > Also, I don't have any hard data to support this, but it's obvious to > > me that the volume of mail generated by virus scanners in response to > > Sobig.f eclipses the volume of TMDA challenges by at least a factor of > > 10. So far, I haven't received *one* TMDA challenge that was due to > > Sobig, but I've received *hundreds* of messages from virus scanners > > all over the net. > > > > So, I guess we should add virus scanners to the list of verboten > > software. > > My own inbox supports this statement. 140 responses to Sobig.F mails, > of which 43 are virus or other content-based autoresponders, and 97 > being delivery failure messages or other autoresponders (e.g.: ISP help > desk).
How many were challenges from mailing list software? Yes, another class of software that automatically issues challenges (specifically, to new subscriptions and to non-list members if the list is closed). So I guess you should also file bugs against majordomo, mailman, ezmlm-src, and any other mailing list managers that do this. --Adam -- Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>