Hi Scott: >> If you have IMail AntiVirus, it immediately gets the message that the E-mail bounced. mail.declude.com then sends a bounce message to Andy_Schmidt @HM-Software.com. The bounce ends up going to the wrong place. <<
Yes - that is my understanding too - and it is what I AM intending. If mail.declude.com ends up sending a bounce message to the wrong place and if declude's postmaster ends up with a flurry of emails from annoyed people who did NOT have any infections, then let the declude postmaster deal with HIS problem caused by HIS mail server relaying infected messages. He DOES have the same option that I have - not accepting infected messages in the first place. In my opinion, the only fair solution is to keep passing the buck up the chain. If the FIRST mail server were to reject the infected messages - then there would never be a spread in the first place. PS: I do like the solution of sending emails to the IP WHOIS contact. Right now I'm trying to send to Postmaster@[sender's IP] obviously with little success. Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax: +1 201 934-9206 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 04:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Junkmail Notification Intelligence >well, that's what IMails Anti-Virus solution would accomplish. Nope. :) >Imail AntiVirus supposedly rejects infected messages DURING the ONGOING SMTP >conversation BEFORE it is accepted. I believe that is usually the case. >The result would be a bounce message from the SENDING mail server. True -- but the sending mailserver assumes that the correct address is given. Suppose I get a virus. The virus connects to mail.declude.com (suppose that we don't run mailserver AV software here), and says "I've got a message from "Andy_Schmidt @HM-Software.com" to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". mail.declude.com tries sending it to the HM-Software.com mailserver. If you have IMail AntiVirus, it immediately gets the message that the E-mail bounced. mail.declude.com then sends a bounce message to Andy_Schmidt @HM-Software.com. The bounce ends up going to the wrong place. -Scott --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
