SMTP store and forward requires DSN for integrity (was Re:Clueless anti-virus )

Sun Dec 11 05:52:49 UTC 2005

> [snip Eicar signature]
>
> You didn't attach it. If you had, I'm pretty sure Exim (running an ACL 
> plugged into ClamAV) would have caught it before it got to my Inbox. Clam 
> detects Eicar just fine. :>

:)  I did receive two "your message contains a virus" replies.  One was 
a "Panda GateDefender", sounds Windowsish.

> What you did was include it inline in a text/plain MIME part in your message, 
> where it isn't likely that it could do any harm even if it *was* a real 
> virus.

<nods> real harm/mass traffic not intended

-m