Good Idea. I've gotten several automated emails today from mail systems falsely claiming that my server sent them viruses.
Riaz.. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tracy > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 1:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [xmail] Re: Virus - Scripts > > > What I'm currently doing is taking the session IP address > (the actual IP > where the mail was received), then doing an RDNS on it, then > attempting an > MX lookup on the RDNS. If I don't find one, I trim the first > token off and > check again, repeating until I have only one token left, or I > find an MX. > Then I send a notice to abuse@ for what I have left of the > RDNS. Example > (this IP address has not send me any viruses - it's strictly > an example): > Connecting IP: 216.26.97.108 > RDNS: 108.ppp.tor3.enoreo.on.ca > MX for 108.ppp.tor3.enoreo.on.ca - none > MX for ppp.tor3.enoreo.on.ca - none > MX for tor3.enoreo.on.ca - none > MX for enoreo.on.ca - mailgate.enoreo.on.ca > > Report mailed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > At 14:24 1/27/2004, Scott wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > > Just a thought... With the latest virus and how far its > spreading > >and the amount of email being generated. If you wish to help reduce > >this internet clogging, set your xmailserver virus scanner > not to send a > >report to the sender of the email. I say the sender because the last > >few new viruses have had embedded SMTP and didn't actually > come form the > >sender. > > > >Any other thoughts on how to deal with this would be appreiciated. > > > >Scott > > > >- > >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
