Here's the last message I received regarding the broken anti-virus system on the tube.ftl.gov.uk mail server.
They seem to have configured their server to block email from me, so I'm sending their message to the list to allow other people to reply and try to educate them. ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: RE: Your e-mail Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 19:29 From: Petronis Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Obviously, if you were computer literate you would be able to understand that my company intercepted a virus and notified the sender the reason why the mail was not delivered. Suggest you be wary of debian-laptop@lists.debian.org -----Original Message----- From: Russell Coker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 January 2004 08:18 To: Petronis Martin Subject: Re: Your e-mail Please learn to quote, it makes it easier to read your mail. Here's the offending message which went to a list with thousands of subscribers: Subject: A virus has been found in a message titled Test Date: Yesterday 23:49:37 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org The Message: Sender: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Recipient: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Test Has been stopped as it has breached the company’s email policy regarding viruses. If you think this has been stopped in error then please contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:58, Petronis Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ref your message > A correctly configured mail server will not send out virus reports to the > address listed in the From: field as the viruses send out email with fake > From: addresses. This means that a broken mail server such as yours > which sends such messages just annoys innocent people while not helping > anyone. > > I sent this message with your address in the From field because I have > received > more than enough anti-virus messages from you already. > > Russell Coker > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send example of e-mail (in the above format not an attachment) you have > received from my address > > Project Manager > LUL Thameslink 2000 > Tel: 020 7918 2225 [Auto 42225] > Fax: 020 7918 2228 [Auto 42228] > Mobile: 07780 677701 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ******************************************************************** > Notice from London Underground Limited (LUL). > > This email and its contents are confidential and intended solely for > the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended > recipient, please notify the sender and delete this email from your > system immediately. Do not disclose, use, store or copy the contents > in any way. > Views expressed in this email are the individual sender's except > where specifically stated to be the views of LUL. > LUL hereby excludes any warranty or liability as to the quality or > accuracy of the contents of this email and any attached transmitted > files. > > Copyright in this email belongs to LUL. > When communicating with anyone in LUL by email you consent to the > monitoring and recording of that correspondence by LUL. > > London Underground Limited > Registered Office: 55 Broadway, London, SW1H 0BD > Registered in England and Wales no. 1900907 > LUL is a company controlled by a local authority within the meaning > of Part V of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. > The controlling Authority is Transport for London. > ******************************************************************** -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page ------------------------------------------------------- -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
