Administrivia [Re: VIRUS IN YOUR MAIL]

[David Woodhouse]

I have just reported this mail abuse to the postmaster responsible, and
to the upstream abuse contact. 

This wasn't a subscriber, but just a reminder to the rest of you -- if
you have a virus checker which can be configured to send 'bounces' to
the apparent sender of a mail to which it objects, ensure that
misfeature is turned _OFF_. 

These things are all faking the sender now, and by sending a mail like
that you're abusing an innocent third party and making yourself part of
the _problem_ rather than part of the solution.

This one was particularly broken and dangerous because it sent its
'bounce' with a non-empty reverse-path, in violation of RFC2821 and
common sense -- making it likely to cause mail loops, and meaning that
it got past the filter which prevents bounces from getting through to
the list. 

-- 
dwmw2