Re: Unfortunate interaction between EZMLM and MessageLabs virus scanning

[der Mouse <mouse () Rodents Montreal QC CA>]

> > The widely used mailing list manager, EZMLM
> > (http://cr.yp.to/ezmlm.html), when sending mails for moderation,
> > sets a reply-to address which, if responded to, will cause the mail
> > to be accepted for distribution.

> > MessageLabs (http://www.messagelabs.com/) offer an email virus
> > scanning service which, unfortunately, sends virus alerts to,
> > amongst others, the reply-to address.

> This is definitely a very troubling interaction between two programs.
> Without further information, of course, it's difficult to state where
> the problem needs to be fixed.

IMO it's in MessageLabs.  I am on a number of mailing lists that
regularly get hit with "we found a virus in a message from you" alert
messages, far more than there actually are infected messages coming
through the list.  I can only infer that someone is sending the viri
with the list address forged into one of the from-type fields.  I'm
sorely tempted to make my incoming email filters recognize the "alert"
annoygrams and autocomplain about them.

If a message must be auto-generated (which I'm far from convinced of),
IMO the only acceptable place to send it is the envelope-from.

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