Off Topic: RE: [Asterisk-Users] :)

[Walt Reed]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 09:11:48AM +0200, Dave Cotton said:
> On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 08:43 +0200, Florian Overkamp wrote:
> > Thanks to this message where a virus chose to use my from-address to send
> > its crap from I am now being harassed with many many virus warning messages.
> > 
> > A call to anyone operating virusscanners (as I am too): I think we can all
> > do without these reports - over 90% of all virusses using email has faked
> > from-headers anyway :-P
> 
> Florian, don't forget that the vast majority of virus scanners have been
> set up by people only used to using the very OS that's caused the
> problem in the first place. They have no idea whatsoever of how to
> configure something, they just click the "Install" button. The scanner
> writers are the problem, they've seen a wonderful way of spamming and
> then claiming "not me guv, honest". Perhaps Gates can use some of the
> vast profit he's just announced to sort his crap out. Pigs might fly.

Thanks to Exim and Exiscan, Most of these stupid virus reports are
rejected at SMTP time with a cluebat message...