slightly OT: returning bad email

I'm hoping this is related. We're running a good 1.0.1
install (thanks,
David!). I have our outgoing email server also as our Maia
server so that
outgoing emails will be scanned by amavisd-new for viruses
(no spam here!).

Right now, if a message has a virus, it just dies at the
Maia/Postfix
stage, but the sender never knows it. Does anyone know if
amavis or
Postfix can send back a message to the sender with the
problem?

If this is a WAY OT response, please email back off-list.
Thanks.

Peter Hoopes
Director of Technology
St. Andrew's School
phoopesstandrews-de.org
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Peter Hoopes wrote:
> I'm hoping this is related. We're running a good
1.0.1 install (thanks,
> David!). I have our outgoing email server also as our
Maia server so that
> outgoing emails will be scanned by amavisd-new for
viruses (no spam here!).
> 
> Right now, if a message has a virus, it just dies at
the Maia/Postfix
> stage, but the sender never knows it. Does anyone know
if amavis or
> Postfix can send back a message to the sender with the
problem?

There might be a way in amavisd to configure it, but I
*HIGHLY* recommend
against it. Most viruses contain forged addresses, so this
would result in
backscatter spam. It would do far more harm than good.


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David Morton
Maia Mailguard                        - http://www.maiamailguard
.com
Morton Software Design and Consulting - http://www.dgrmm.net
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