Re: AW: [Exim] Attachments and bounce messages

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Graham Dodd
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: AW: [Exim] Attachments and bounce messages
On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Graham Dodd wrote:

> Bouncing viruses / spams with attachments is the same as sending viruses,
> it's helping to propogate the virus.


Exim does not bounce attachments *as attachments*. It just copies the
textual form of the original message in the body of the bounce. Thus, I
do not believe it actually propagates a virus, even it it generates a
bounce for a message that contains one. At least, it isn't sending it in
a form where the recipient can click on something to activate it.

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