I total agree with both of you, and I already considered removing the
virus notice being sent back to the sender.
But anyway, first I need to get the virus detection working before I can
define what I want to do with the infected viruses. So it would be great
if somebody could at least help me get this thing working, because I am
sick and tired as well of receiving viruses from people I don't even
know. Got my point?
Thanks.
Yves
-----Original Message-----
From: exim-users-admin@??? [
mailto:exim-users-admin@exim.org] On
Behalf Of Wakko Warner
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 8:17 PM
To: Alan J. Flavell
Cc: Exim users list
Subject: Re: [Exim] amavis - endless loop in condition ?
> > I discovered that when I send a virus-infected email to a user who
has
> > virus-checking enabled, the virus gets detected and mails a notice
back
> > to the sender about the virus,
>
> Nothing personal, but I have to say that I'm sick and tired of being
> sent virus warnings about viruses that I never sent, but which had
> counterfeited my email address on their envelope sender.
>
> Our users are also sick and tired of getting these nuisance warnings,
> and so we're trying to trap them in the mailer - which of course means
> I get to deal with lots of them (bleagh).
>
> Please, people: these automatic warnings now serve no useful purpose,
> and are turning into more of a nuisance than the problem that they're
> trying to deal with. If you feel it's necessary to send warnings to
> anyone, then go and look-up the abuse reporting address for the IP
> that's sending you the offending item, and report the problem to them.
I agree with you. I turned off these warnings on the mail server where
I
work months ago. I realized what you stated here. When management
found
out, they wanted it turned back on so the user knows they sent a virus
(even
knowing that the user was forged in most cases). I think my point came
across and it's still off.
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