[clug] [AUSCERT ALERT - Email worm W32.Beagle.A/Win32.Bagle.A]

[Martin Pool]

On 19 Jan 2004, Damien Elmes <clug at repose.cx> wrote:

> > I don't want mail from stupid people though. Also, Nemo forgot to mention 
> > that the blocking is in the form of a 5xx error message (if I recall 
> > correctly). The sender does't get an email at all.
> 
> Well, that's a different story. I (incorrectly) assumed that Nemo was
> advocating a solution which generated a new mail back to the sender -
> this is what I find really annoying. Returning an error code during
> the SMTP transaction seems reasonable.

This can still generate bounces, if the virus was coming through a
(not so) smarthost, as many of them do.  The only sensible thing is to
just drop them.

--
Martin
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