> This has been a hotly debated topic on the Mailscanner list. The > majority of folks on the list agree that *YOU* should stop sending the > notices.
Don't doubt this. > Looking at the list of these viruses you will see that over 99% of > *current* email with viruses use forged headers. That being the case, > your antiquated idea of bouncing back these messages is valid less than > 1% of the time. > > Clearly you need to get a clue and start being responsible for the mail > passing through your systems. There are enough clueless Windows admins > out there to keep us all busy - we don't need to add any Linux admins to > their ranks. Then why with the last round of viruses did I get close to 500 bounce messages in less then 3 days??? If this is common pratice then I would guess that the majority of Admins are not following common pratices. I was getting forged bounces from IBM, MS (hotmail), Yahoo, and my own service provider. I don't argue that this *may be* the right way to handle it but I think that you may be being a little harsh in your "get a clue" statement. I would appreciate a sysadmin that took the time to ask but I would appreciate one even more that kept me from having to deal with the bounces. Matthew -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
