Sending a response to the sender is ok up to the point the virus has not forged the return address information. Then you are sending messages to people not infected with the virus which usually creates "Why Am I getting this responses" or to some non-existent account creating even more e-mail traffic with bounce messages.
Stu At 07:36 AM 04/19/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I don't see any value in telling the recipient either. I was more looking >at the sender and delivering some type of notification to them. Thanks for >the response. > >Steve > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Len Conrad >Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 7:17 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Virus Stuff! > > > >>This daily battle of the virus is taking more and more of my time. > >hmmm, we use imgate and imgateAV and we don' spend ANY TIME on it. :)) > >>Is anyone following up on these things? I mean has anyone written a script >>that sends a warning back to the sender and lets them know they have the >>virus? Or do we simply delete the warnings and go on from there. I wonder >>if it would do any good? > >we notify the sender and our sysadmin, but we don't notify the recipient, >since what recipient(s) want to receive 10's or 100's of infection notices >during worm storm like nimda or I_LOVE_YOU ? > >The infected msg's are bogus, and the recipient notifications are uselesss >and annoying. > >Len > >http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training >http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND for NT4 & W2K >http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways > > >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >to be removed from this list. > >An Archive of this list is available at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > >Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked >questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >to be removed from this list. > >An Archive of this list is available at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > >Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked >questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CSOnline Technical Support hours - Monday thru Saturday 7am - 1am CSOnline Technical Support Numbers Seneca 814-677-2447 Clarion 814-227-3638 Meadville 814-425-1696 Parker 724-399-1158 http://www.csonline.net http://www.cshowcase.com http://www.learncenter.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
