Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 20:11:12 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Return Delivery of Mail I've never Sent Message-ID: <20040513031109.GA51234@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040513030052.GA706@sphinx.alpha.domain> References: <20040513030052.GA706@sphinx.alpha.domain>
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--/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 11:00:52PM -0400, Bob Perry wrote: > Just setup mutt and I've begun to notice mail return to me=20 > indicating that it did not pass the server content filter,=20 > etc. The last one stated that a virus was found, file name=20 > disco.zip, virus name W32/Netsky.c@MM!zip and apprarently=20 > was found by McAfee Scanning Engine (4359/4.3.20). What=20 > makes it worse is that the recipient is not recognizable. >=20 > I understand that my system can be used as a mail relay and=20 > would like to know how to combat this. Can anyone point me=20 > in the right direction so that I can quickly resolve this=20 > issue? Welcome to the 21st century internet. Forged emails from viruses are routine, and misconfigured email systems that complain to the forged sender address are common. Either complain to the administrators of the system that send you the bogus reply or just learn to ignore them. Kris --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAoudMWry0BWjoQKURAjWuAKCTIZWCv0e8UATp9NQEAQpWr7ANbgCg+qqz t5OPRcWykoYI4Gf/8bkskoM= =4/tT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft--
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