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May 7, 2004 at 02:03 PM
gralfus

Useless virus return emails

by gralfus . Updated 22 years, 2 months ago

Since the latest viruses are faking the email addresses that they actually came from, wouldn’t it make sense for every email admin in the world to turn off the auto reply that happens when a virus is intercepted? I get dozens a day claiming that I sent a Netsky or some variant virus to a number of addresses.

But since the return address that the virus uses is always incorrect, why bother sending out the useless reply. It is unnecessary, fills up mailboxes with trash disguised as something useful, is intended well but completely fails to accomplish the reason it is designed for.

Any good reasons to not turn this notification off?

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