on Fri, Nov 22, 2002, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 06:49:13PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > Colin Watson writes: > > > They are of no significance. Viruses frequently forge the source address > > > of e-mails, and it's not uncommon for lists to be those forged addresses. > > > > It's irritating that the incompetent bunglers that manage these so-called > > "virus scanners" allow them to send out these notices, though. > > It doesn't help that Klez and kin typically forge the envelope sender, > thus meaning that even correct systems end up appearing like incompetent > bunglers.
There are list headers which can be tested for to avoid sending AV alerts to lists. qmail-scanner, for one, does this (I haven't worked with others). I keep a list of AV vendor email addresses handy which I forward all of such misdirected list mails to. Figuring that if enough people do this, the AV vendors will take pains that their customers set the products up right. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- Andrew Grygus http://www.aaxnet.com/
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