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  • From: "Adam Bernstein" <address@concealed>
  • To: <address@concealed>
  • Subject: Antivirus: before command processing?
  • Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:16:37 -0800

I see a lot of messages going to list command addresses (-subscribe,
-unsubscribe) that are actually generated by Klez and other worms, which
tends to cause problems like subscribing innocent people (for non-confirmation
lists) or mysterious "could not unsubscribe" messages for innocent people,
especially since the worm spoofs its From: line. This is despite running
antivirus software (RAV) that successfully rejects virus messages sent to
the lists themselves.

So apparently the virus check is done only when the message is on its way
to a list, and not immediately upon reception of any message by sympa. Could
the virus check be moved to an earlier point in the process?

adam
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