Re: [AMaViS-user] Rewrite subject of virus infected mails

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007, mouss wrote:

> Cian Davis wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> I was wondering if there's an easy way of getting amavisd-new to
>> rewrite the subject of virus infected e-mail? I just want to add a
>> "INFECTED" tag or something. Our users scream if we bounce any mail on
>> them but most aren't clued in enough to check the headers.
>>
>
> Do not bounce viruses, nor deliver them "in a normal way". either
> quarantine them or deliver to a special location that may not be
> accessed directly except by "safe" mailers or tools.
>
> Changing the subject may help to warn the user, but is helpless if the
> mailer executes the malicious code. Here is an old example:
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-516586.html

But if the user is virus lover, it's his thing if he want the virus to be delivered into his mailbox and in this case he should be noticed, that the message contains a virus.


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