On (2002/10/16 16:37), Greg Ward wrote:
> [Sheldon, I've been hanging out on this list long enough to know that you
> have a clue, so don't take this personally.]
Not at all. :-)
> * Send a "We intercepted a virus for you!" message to
> target@???. This, IMHO, is the dumbest response
> of all: you've just substituted one junk email for another.
> Unless your users actually use Outhouse and are vulnerable to
> viruses, then why bother to block the virus in the first place?
In this case, we're talking about marketing people who're paranoid that
they might miss a message from a customer. So they've specifically
requested that they be sent a warning that the system ditched a message.
Remember that not all viruses are sent as stand-alone messages --
sometimes a legitimate message will have a virus attached to it "on its
way out", or the sender will unwittingly send an infected executable.
I think perhaps the reason you don't see why folks would want this is
because you have too much of a clue. I assure you that _I_ won't be
getting these notifications. :-)
In the end, it seems that the system filter is the right place for this.
And no, I won't believe the To: header. :-)
Ciao,
Sheldon.
