Easier, do not send the notifications out at all for viruses like this. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.Virus- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 2:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Declude.Virus] Forging recipients for gateway customers, bounce > overload > > With this virus now forging recipients as well as issues related to dead > accounts being hammered by other viruses, I'm wondering what could be > done to help control the bounces to postmaster notifications besides > using a unique address and using IMail rules to delete any replies to it. > > Most system notifications come by way of the null SMTP sender, <>, while > having a valid address in the from field. If I'm not mistaken, Declude > Virus can't be configured this way. As a result, my postmaster box > fills up with bounce notifications for fake and dead addresses that we > are gatewaying for. While we currently aren't gatewaying that much > E-mail, the number of notifications in this outbreak alone has been > about 3 per gatewayed user today alone. With more business, this could > well become unmanageable. > > So is there any way to get Declude Virus to send a From address like > [EMAIL PROTECTED], and a SMTP envelope address of <> in order to > control the bounces? > > Thanks, > > Matt > > -- > ===================================================== > MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. > http://www.mailpure.com/software/ > ===================================================== > > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". 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.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
