Empty emails

Listmom listmom at TRAVELLERCENTRAL.COM
Sun Aug 24 01:01:32 IST 2003


> Date:    Sat, 23 Aug 2003 18:26:07 +0100
> From:    Julian Field <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
> Subject: Re: Empty emails
>
> Are these emails from Sobig-F? If so, don't worry this is normal.


No such luck.  It seem random, and occurs with legitimate emails.  I'll
receive an email from someone, along with a second 1 or 2k email with the
header only - no body.  And it doesn't happen for all emails.
>
> At 18:03 23/08/2003, you wrote:
>> Greetings all.
>>
>> I recently installed MailScanner to combat the flood of virii coursing
>> around the net.  Now I'm seeing a strange phenomenon.  I often get two email
>> from a person.  One is the actual email, the other is a blank message with
>> just the header.  This seems to be linked to MailScanner.
>>
>> I am running the latest version, along with postfix under SunOS9.  Any
>> thoughts?

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