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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: To send or not to send 'virus in email' notifications?
maybe the AV vendors could suply a 'to mail or not to mail' flag within their databases, based on character of the virus... any of them lurking here? :) -- deejay > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Kaufman [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 20. augusta 2003 16:41 > To: 'Joe Maimon'; [email protected] > Subject: RE: To send or not to send 'virus in email' notifications? > > > > Absolutely not. > > SoBig.F, like many others, forges the sender address. That > means that your > notifications: > 1) Don't make it back to the person with the infection > 2) Simply add more clutter to the mailbox of the person > whose address was > used (in addition to all the bounce messages) > > In the enterprise, this is a great argument for scanning > outbound email with > positive identification of whose outbound mail you're scanning. > > Matthew Kaufman > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Joe Maimon > > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 7:25 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: To send or not to send 'virus in email' notifications? > > > > > > > > Considering the amount of email traffic generated by responding to > > forged virus laden email from culprits like sobig should > email virus > > scanning systems be configured to send notifications back to > > sender or not? > > > > > > > > > >
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