SV: "OMG YOU SENT TEH VIRUSESS"

[mikea]

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On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 02:22:24PM -0700, Craig Daters wrote:
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> I'm not 100% positive, but doesn't that violate an RFC standard or 
> something?
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> I just recall from somewhere that each domain is require (or strongly 
> encouraged) to provide a valid postmaster address...?
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> On Jun 15, 2005, at 2:03 PM, Steen, Glenn wrote:
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> >> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> >> Från:	MailScanner mailing list genom Jason Balicki
> >> Skickat:	on 2005-06-15 18:46
> >> Till:	MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> >> Kopia:	
> >> Ämne:	OT: "OMG YOU SENT TEH VIRUSESS"
> >>
> >> Like a lot of you, I'm on a lot of mailing lists.
> >>
> > (snippety-snip)
> >> Has anyone had any success with these situations
> >> before?  Any magic words that seem to help
> >> straighten out the offending parties?
> >>
> >> --J(K)
> > Only when we have some form of formal relationship with them,
> > and usually only when I pick up the phone ... and shout at
> > them (in a *kind* way:-).
> > Otherwise, most seem to have set postmaster as an alias for
> > /dev/null ...

Well, yes, the postmaster@ address is required by RFC to exist and to be 
read (presumably by a live human being), but when has RFC compliance ever
been a major item on management's agenda?

I've send my share of "Don't Send These! The Address Is Forged!" notices, 
and actually have got some action as a result, but most of my notices seem
to have been forwarded to Dave Null. *sigh*

That hasn't stopped me from sending them, though, or from making phone 
calls where it's not a toll call. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin 

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