Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 08:36:30 -0600 From: XPR at SBC <xpr@sbcglobal.net> To: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> Cc: dirk@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Suspected email virus Message-ID: <7229F7FB-0F9D-11D8-A547-0003934A96B8@sbcglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <3FA9078D.5080103@fillmore-labs.com>
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Thanks Oliver...good advice. The mail servers that I used are SBC/Yahoo. The funny thing...It allowed all the messages to my machine, but when I tried to send the attachment, it informed me of the virus(es). When I copied the header information, on some of them I also copied the attachment (the virus) of the original messages that I had received (sorry about that), which was refused by both FreeBSD.org addresses. When I removed those files from my attachment (just sending the header information) it seems to have sent just fine. At first I thought you were suggesting virus and spam protection at the server but are there good ones that are based on the client? Ted On Wednesday, Nov 5, 2003, at 08:22 US/Central, Oliver Eikemeier wrote: > XPR at SBC wrote: > >> After sending email to the 3 addresses listed above in To: >> I received several email messages from various sender (many claiming >> to be Microsoft) containing what appears to be email virus. >> I am attaching the header info from the emails received. The >> originating IP might give you some clue. (The IP is not the same in >> all but there is some consistency) >> I am sending this message from an email address that has never been >> used before. If I see similar results, I think that would help >> confirm it is one of the 3 addresses. > > ports@FreeBSD.org may be a good bet. Don't post to public mailing > lists if > you don't have a Virus scanner and a Spam filter... > > Oliver >
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