Re: [Exim] What do you do when you recieve a virus?

Steve Thomas wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 01:29:28AM +0100, Asbjorn Hoiland Aarrestad is rumored to have said:
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>>1. Reject the mail!
>>2. Save the mail to /dev/null
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> 3. Deliver as normal

Of cause, but I didn't think of that as any sane option.....
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>>My question is which of these two solutions is the best, (and please, if
>>I have forgotten any options, just post them!!!) and why?
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> I reject using exiscan. Most viruses use their own SMTP engines, so rejecting those viruses isn't likely to generate a bounce to anyone.

I've gotten (myself and others) plenty of messages claiming that I've
send somebody a virus, and that my computer is infected, and i know
nothing about the domain sending me this message. This is why I posted
this question.....

- asbjørn