Notify the sender, but don't deliver

[Julian Field]

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There is 1 problem. Some people legitimately want to warn the senders of
macro-viruses, which by their very nature do not spoof the From address.
This is what has stopped me removing it in the past.

Any votes either way people?

At 13:48 07/10/2004, you wrote:
>IMHO, removal of this feature is overdue.  It should be zapped in the next
>release.  It causes you nothing but pain and grief.
>
>Jeff Earickson
>Colby College
>
>On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Julian Field wrote:
>
>>>Notify Senders Of Viruses = yes
>>
>>Please tell them that this is a terrible idea and will not achieve what they
>>think they want. Doing this brings MailScanner into disrepute and gives it a
>>very bad name, as you are sending bogus warnings to totally innocent people
>>who never sent anything. They then contact me, and I have to waste hours of
>>my valuable time telling them that I'm very sorry but some very badly
>>maintained copy of MailScanner is sending out this rubbish.
>>
>>If people persist in doing this, I will simply remove the feature completely.
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>>Julian Field
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