Hear Hear -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Tolmachoff (Lists) Sent: 3. september 2003 17:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: do you autorespond on virus infected messages
> This question comes up because a local ISP is complaining to us that they > are being swamped with auto-response messages from our AV system. They say > the infected messages are using forged headers and do not come from them. > Acutally, I believe that they have many infected customers, but I also am > willing to believe the auto-response may not be directed to the truly > infected systems. OK, everyone put on your asbestos suits. Flame on. Yes, they have a perfectly legit reason to complain to you. You are sending out basically SPAM to them. Many viruses are well known to forge the sender e-mail address. This is well documented, both on this list, the Declude Virus list, and in the Virus write-ups by the various AV vendors. If you had been paying attention the last week, the last 2 weeks, the last month, even the last few months, you would know this. E-mail admins who continue to allow infection notifications to be sent to known forged senders show a general lack of (no, I wont go that far.) Please Please Please people. If you are going to run a e-mail server, take the responsibility that comes with it. Flame off. John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA Engineer/Consultant eServices For You www.eservicesforyou.com To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
