David F. Skoll wrote: > G.W. Haywood wrote: > >>> Currently, we accept all infected mail, and quietly quarantine it. > >> May I suggest that you quarantine it, BUT STILL REJECT IT after it >> has been read (and recorded) in its entirety? > > No, please don't do that for viruses. If they are being transmitted > by a real SMTP client, you'll generate annoying backscatter. >
If done during the SMTP conversation the only thing that is going to see backscatter is the thing that sent it. Which really isn't backscatter. I am under the opinion that a message should never be silently blackholed. Steven _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
