[NMLUG] Re: "Mail Delivery System"

[paul.tietjens at moriarty.k12.nm.us (Paul Tietjens)]

Pretty high, considering the profliferation of the virus.

A better question is, "When will Outlook/OE users learn to not click 
attachments, or better yet, use a mail client that isn't a trojan horse 
you pay money for?"

Jody Harris wrote:

> Ah, there it is...
>
> A Windows computer, with your address, and the LUG address either in 
> their e-mail list, or in their web cache, and viola! your mail server 
> rejects the message coming to you, and sends the rejection notice to 
> the list server.
>
> now, the only question is, "what are the chances?"
>
> j
>
> Paul Tietjens wrote:
>
>> MyDoom and various Mimail variants forge mail headers - so it can 
>> (and does) make it's payload appear to come from anywhere it likes.  
>> Most modern mail/av solutions (such as Amavis+Postfix+Clamav) have 
>> configuration paramters telling them which viruses do this - because 
>> it's a total waste of time to send warnings to a forged Reply To: or 
>> other usually useful header.
>>
>> Steve Browne wrote:
>>
>>> This message contained an attached "test.zip" which, in turn,
>>> contained the MyDoom-A virus. Did this come through swcp? How did it
>>> get through?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>> Stephen B. Browne
>>> sbrowne@ix.netcom.com
>>> "Ubi bene, ibi patria."
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