Just a telnet to port 25 will tell you if a mail server is running. I don't advocate running a scan or doing anything unnecessary. Notifying them that their computer is infected would be a nice thing to do.
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Carey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2002 7:18 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mature comments appreciated >Apart from clogging up your log file, was there any other damage? >Noticeable degradation of system performance, >generating billable (to you) traffic, >etc? Thankfully No to all of the above. I am on a *cough* unlimited traffic, low bandwidth *cough* always on except for this morning, type plan. ;) Vik: I am fanatical about this 'more secure' operating system. Bjorn: Are you advocating a scan back to 'look for a mail server'? Mark Carey _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
