A request to all mail admins

From: Jem Berkes (jb_at_users.pc9.org)
Date: 08/28/03 

Date: 28 Aug 2003 05:38:19 GMT

A request to mail system admins: if you have virus scanners or some sort of
worm/attachment blocking mechanism, please configure it to NOT send notices
back to the sender that they sent a virus.

These modern windows worms all forge the sender anyway. There are people
like me who, unfortunately, have their addresses on too many windows
users' address books and my inbox is flooded with "you sent a virus"
notices. The notices just add to network congestion, and these are an
avoidable bounce.

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