[NMLUG] Re: "Mail Delivery System"

[havoc at harrisdev.com (Jody Harris)]

No chance!

j

Paul Tietjens wrote:
> 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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