On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 11:39:39 -0500 Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> writes: > > Terry> Yes, a worldwide virus-induced mail blizzard. > > This has been my biggest gripe about the damn virus. > The virus itself was > no problem for me since I don't use Windows, [...] > Shouldn't virus scanners simply eat the virus > and not send another mail? its seems an obvious futility to send a notice from a spoofed header. it may be useful to request the steps & reg files necessary to turn off this misfeature from the various virus scanner ceo's. although I hesitate to suggest everyone bounce these notices with yet another email telling admins how to stop contributing to the problem. better idea would be to delay any bounce a few days. instant notification is no help in any case. any notice could be just sent to the postmaster. since nobodys in charge I guess its like too much water, you build a dam or live with the flooding. heres one that gets it, but no solution in sight. "Why (some) anti-virus companies are to blame for the recent e-mail flood" http://www.f-prot.com/news/gen_news/open_letter_10sept2003.html e please forward all spam to "uce at ftc.gov"<help at ftc.gov> ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
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