On Wednesday 05 May 2004 18:09, you wrote: > I use postfix, spamassassin, amavisd-new what is the easiest way to block > the email messages that say such and such a user sent a virus to xyz > company, since most of the virus messages are spoofed anyways. > > > > > > Jim > > > I figured it was probably some kind of trick. Does it mean people are sending out viruses with my name on them? That really ticks me off. (But I suppose it happens to everybody these days.) Vaughn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: tickticker > Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 13:31:30 -0700 > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: Security risk or weird spam? > > > Virus fallout. You are just another innocent victim of bad email > > administration. Delete them and move on. > > > > anthony > > > > On Wednesday 05 May 2004 10:43 am, Vaughn Treude wrote: > > > Another dumb question, this time for the security types: > > > > > > Recently I've been getting messages like the following. I did not send > > > either of the original messages these reference, especially not at 1 AM > > > and 4 AM in the morning. Stranger yet is that the first message says I > > > sent an email to my remailer (vaughn@nakota-software.com) which was > > > (wisely) rejected by that service. I'm not knowingly using ".cpl" > > > attachments; isn't this a Windows thing? And I definitely didn't > > > (intentionally) send anything to the Russian address in the second > > > message. Any ideas? > > > > > > Vaughn > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > > Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender > > > Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 01:17:20 -0700 > > > From: Mail Delivery System > > > To: vltreude@deru.com > > > > > > > > > This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. > > > > > > A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its > > > recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) > > > failed: > > > > > > vaughn@nakota-software.com > > > This message has been rejected because it has > > > a potentially executable attachment "Joke.cpl" > > > This form of attachment has been used by > > > recent viruses or other malware. > > > If you meant to send this file then please > > > package it up as a zip file and resend it. > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > > Subject: Returned mail: User unknown > > > From: Mail Delivery Subsystem > > > To: > > > Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 04:19:06 -0400 (EDT) > > > > > > from m6.arctel.ru [195.14.62.6] > > > > > > > > > *** ATTENTION *** > > > > > > Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with > > > its delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the > > > section labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal > > > errors -----". > > > > > > The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section > > > labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----". > > > > > > The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail > > > could not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message > > > which is a general translation for other e-mail servers. > > > > > > Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail > > > administrator. > > > > > > --AOL Postmaster > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss