It's the combo - the U Pisa majordomo can't tell it's not legit, and a mail server that believes it's more important to deliver mail (or offer up a reason why not).
It really comes down to which way do you fail - blackhole or spurious information... -----Burton > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Vinny Abello > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 10:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Ntop-dev] Forum notify > > > Umm.... It's simply a matter of not responding to messages that > meet a rule > and getting rid of them. I do it all the time on my mail servers. > Likewise > I don't bounce viruses back to the "sender". It's just inconsiderate of > mail server operators to do that today. I just saw a misconfigured server > and was offering a suggestion to not respond to something that > meets a rule > that normally would bounce a message. Instead, just get rid of it > >/dev/null. > > At 08:11 AM 7/18/2004, you wrote: > >Nobody can - that's the essence of spoofing. If somebody sends > a message to > >the redirector purporting to be from somebody on the list, it passes the > >test. > > > >Welcome to the wonderful world of email in the 21st Century. > > > >-----Burton > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Behalf Of Vinny Abello > > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 9:40 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [Ntop-dev] Forum notify > > > > > > > > > Can the owner of this list please fix the list so I stop > getting warnings > > > about spoofed emails containing viruses which I didn't send? > > > > > > At 10:16 AM 7/16/2004, you wrote: > > > >Content-Type: text/plain; name="warning1.txt" > > > >Content-Disposition: inline; filename="warning1.txt" > > > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > >X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.411 (Entity 5.404) > > > > > > > >WARNING: This email violated Your Company's email security policy and > > > >has been modified. For more information, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >An attachment named Readme.exe was removed from this document as it > > > >constituted a security hazard. If you require this document, > > > please contact > > > >the sender and arrange an alternate means of receiving it. > > > > > > > >Please, have a look at the attached file. > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Ntop-dev mailing list > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-dev > > > > > > > > > Vinny Abello > > > Network Engineer > > > Server Management > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > (973)300-9211 x 125 > > > (973)940-6125 (Direct) > > > PGP Key Fingerprint: 3BC5 9A48 FC78 03D3 82E0 E935 5325 FBCB > 0100 977A > > > > > > Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection > > > http://www.tellurian.com (888)TELLURIAN > > > > > > There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand > > > binary and > > > those that don't. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Ntop-dev mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-dev > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Ntop-dev mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-dev > > > Vinny Abello > Network Engineer > Server Management > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (973)300-9211 x 125 > (973)940-6125 (Direct) > PGP Key Fingerprint: 3BC5 9A48 FC78 03D3 82E0 E935 5325 FBCB 0100 977A > > Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection > http://www.tellurian.com (888)TELLURIAN > > There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand > binary and > those that don't. > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop-dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-dev _______________________________________________ Ntop-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-dev
