Quoting Aaron Laudi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Does this make sense to you guys? One of my users sent it to me. It > sounds > good in theory.
I am afraid this idea is not really useful. In fact, I couldn't name an e-mail virus this method would prevent from spreading. It is definitely useless against viruses that don't use exclusively Outlook address books for picking the recipients - like Nimda, Hybris, Magistr, Sircam. It does not have any effect on those viruses, that use their SMTP engine for spreading (see again the above list), as this mechanism does not receive the delivery error message from the SMTP server. It could have some effect on VBScript mass-mailers, that use Outlook address books for recipients and Outlook for sending the messages, however these viruses don't check if any of the messages fails to deliver, and Outlook itself will not abort the sending of the other messages. The only positive effect could be that the user is warned about the mail being sent out - but this can be easuer achieved by placing his own address in his first address book. Regards, Gabor Szappanos
