We've turned them off. I'd guess that 99% of the viruses that we receive have spoofed sender addresses, and I don't see the benefit of hitting all those people with incorrect virus alerts.
-Peter -----Original Message----- From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 5:50 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Virus Notifications to Sender? Live with it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pfefferkorn, Pete (pfeffepe)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 7:53 AM Subject: Virus Notifications to Sender? > Off topic. > > With the advent of Klez and various other viruses who spoof the sender we > are starting to get complaints from users who are receiving the sender > notifications messages from our ScanMail virus scanner who did not actually > send any virus. I know we can turn off the notification, but then users who > are sending viruses will not get notified that they are infected. Kind of a > catch 22. I'm curious what other administrators policies are regarding > notification messages to the sender. Have you disabled sender notifications > or are you just living with it? > > Pete Pfefferkorn > Senior Systems Engineer/Mail Administrator > University of Cincinnati > 51 Goodman Street > Cincinnati, OH 45221 > Phone - (513) 556-9076 > Fax - (513) 556-2042 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ This message is private or privileged. If you are not the person for whom this message is intended, please delete it and notify me immediately, and please do not copy or send this message to anyone else. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
