"Edmund Cramp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I stopped bouncing the .pif and .scr messages (SoBig.F) because I was receiving so many postmaster mailings for double bounces due to full mailboxes, bogus Return paths, etc. I realized that bouncing the SoBig.F stuff only creates more traffic thereby increase the problem this virus creats.
> We're getting about 50 per day that get through our SpamAssassin/Reverse > lookup filter - these get 100% caught by the Kaspersky AV filter in the > mailserver :-)) > > Oddly enough, the SpamAssassin / Reverse Lookup filter has proved > surprisingly effective at bouncing the mass mailing virus emails as well > as reducing our spam level by at least 90% - on average we reject about > 18,000 emails per week as spam - SoBig.f has added about 1000 to this > average so far this week! > > -- > Edmund Cramp > http://www.emgsrus.com/graffiti.htm > "If more languages had _smite_ implemented, the remaining programmers > would be better than the current average." > - Mike Andrews in the scary.devil.monastery > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Behalf Of carson bankston >> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:41 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [brlug-general] 28 >> >> >> Number of copies of sobig and blaster I've >> received today. >> >> carson >> >> ===== >> Network Administrator >> Parkview Baptist School >> (225) 291-2500 x.105 >> >> "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, it is >> difficult to predict where they will land." - stolen and misquoted >> >> __________________________________ >> Do you Yahoo!? >> Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software >> http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Scott Harney<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...and one script to rule them all." gpg key fingerprint=7125 0BD3 8EC4 08D7 321D CEE9 F024 7DA6 0BC7 94E5
