[ILUG] Mail System Error - Returned Mail

Ken Gilmour ken at playersonly.com
Mon Jul 26 19:20:42 IST 2004


On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:22:44 +0100, CPH wrote:
> On Monday 26 July 2004 19:06, Patrick O'Connor - PatchCom Services
> wrote:
>
>> CPH wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> Is there something mis-configured in the ilug mail server (or
>>> mailing list handler) that it's allowing all this crap mail
>>> thru ?
>>>
>>> CPH
>>>
>> Its the new MyDoom virus, I guess...
>> http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?isc=d46940064182f61f40ca333bc3c2f439 or
>> slashdot frontpage
>>
>
> Oh, no basic filtering is done to prevent such bounces/etc getting
> to the list ?
> I thought that it should be possible to configure the mailing list
> to ignore such messages with spamassasin/etc.
> I moderate a mailing list for openoffice where I get well over 1000
> mails per day to moderate (frequently over 2000), but the simple
> perl script I have removes most of the crud leaving me with about
> 20-40 mails to check for moderation.
> If anyone is interested in this script they are more than welcome
> to use it.
>
> CPH

I would love to get my itchy fingers on that script if you can point me
to it please :)

Thanks!

Ken






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