[thelist] Returned mail that did not originate at our organization

Tony Crockford tonyc at boldfish.co.uk
Tue Nov 19 12:39:01 CST 2002


> are you suggesting that the email and others like it are not actually
> returned mail by a legitimate server but rather a virus email made to
> look like returned mail from a legitimate server?

Yes

Klez (not bugbear) actually does that and includes the line from your
first mail as a subject:

"The file is the ------- mail" (marked out in case the list server Av
picks it up!

see:

http://www.antivirus-online.de/english/news020301.php

I think that will probably clinch it for you

;o)

HTH

Tony




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