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Re: OT: Re: Virus found in the message



* Richard Kimber (rkimber@ntlworld.com) [030820 15:26]:
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:08:01 -0700
> Steve Lamb <grey@dmiyu.org> wrote:
> 
> > > Is there a rash of viruses with spoofed origin lines all of a sudden? 
> > >  
> > > I had *120* emails in my other email account today (not the one I use
> > > on Debian), many of them were Re: Wicked Screensaver.   I thought they
> > > were all spam but I guess they were mostly bounce messages -
> > > something's been spoofing my (other) email addy.
> > 
> >     Be glad, some roadrunner business customer is spewing a virus to
> >     tons of
> > people using my address in the from field.  As a result I get all the
> > bounces.
> >  Now ya wanna get the kick in the nads?
> 
> Is there any way of filtering them that can distinguish between these and
> genuine delivery failures from messages I have geuninely sent?

If you're always sending from the same place, you could check for the
existence of a Received header from your mail server.  If you roam among
sites, then this won't work.

good times,
Vineet
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