Re: Rejecting viruses the Right Way[tm]

From: Paul Johnson (baloo_at_ursine.ca)
Date: 02/14/04

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    Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 13:39:39 -0800
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    On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 03:45:24PM -0500, Al Davis wrote:
    > On Friday 13 February 2004 01:18 am, Karsten M. Self wrote:
    > > Not so.
    >
    > Unfortunately, Karsten, you are wrong here.

    Back up your statement, please.

    > As a result, for improper action, anything goes for that address, so
    > spammers and viruses can do what they want.

    Not quite. The return-path only screws with broken virus scanners
    that aren't rejecting at SMTP-time, but making up a bounce message
    incorrectly assuming that the return-path is actually accurate.

    - --
     .''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
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