On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Jim Arnott wrote: > But keep in mind that a virus alert message is quite often auto > generated and sent via an anti-virus server and so replying to the > original email may not elicit a response. System administrators who allow their systems to respond to viruses with those auto-generated messages are part of the problem, not part of the solution. They amplify the effect of the virus by needlessly multiplying the email traffic it generates. The cynic in me suspects that anti-virus software companies encourage this sort of thing because the bounce messages are effectively free advertising.
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