>> The widely used mailing list manager, EZMLM >> (http://cr.yp.to/ezmlm.html), when sending mails for moderation, >> sets a reply-to address which, if responded to, will cause the mail >> to be accepted for distribution. >> MessageLabs (http://www.messagelabs.com/) offer an email virus >> scanning service which, unfortunately, sends virus alerts to, >> amongst others, the reply-to address. > This is definitely a very troubling interaction between two programs. > Without further information, of course, it's difficult to state where > the problem needs to be fixed. IMO it's in MessageLabs. I am on a number of mailing lists that regularly get hit with "we found a virus in a message from you" alert messages, far more than there actually are infected messages coming through the list. I can only infer that someone is sending the viri with the list address forged into one of the from-type fields. I'm sorely tempted to make my incoming email filters recognize the "alert" annoygrams and autocomplain about them. If a message must be auto-generated (which I'm far from convinced of), IMO the only acceptable place to send it is the envelope-from. /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouseat_private / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
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