John Clarke wrote:
My usual response is something like this sent to the postmaster at the
site which sent the virus notification:
> WARNING! Your message was infected by VIRUS:
> Worm.SomeFool.Z
Well done. You bloody idiot.
Bloody idiot indeed!
You've notified the one person you can be absolutely certain did
*not* send the message. This worm and pretty much every virus/worm
released in the last couple of years are known to forge the sender
address.
Bounces to forged email addresses warning people of the virus should be
considered in the same category as SPAM. This is a real nuisance,
especially when some of the more successful email viruss start spreading
their evil throughout the known world. Like SPAM, notifications waste
the end users time, waste bandwidth, and waste mail server resources.
Turn off notification. It's pointless, except to advertise the
fact that you're too stupid to configure your AV scanner.
I just want to accentuate this point. If you are a mail server
administrator TURN OFF NOTIFICATION!
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Chris Freeman
System Administration Team
Ardec International
www.ardec.com.au
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