[Esd-l] SECURITY_NOTIFY_SENDER= question

Randy Reames randy at mwenergy.com
Thu Jan 29 06:27:53 PST 2004


Sergio P. Cesar wrote:
> Does the email sent back to the sender when
> SECURITY_NOTIFY_SENDER="textfile" contain the email?
> 
> It looks like the warning sent to the sender contain the attached virus
> and if the sender email system has a trap for it it bouces back with a
> warning from them thus the sender do not get the warning.
> 
> if this is the case is there a way to just send the warning and /dev/null
> the actual message?
> 
> I may be a little lost and confused on the shear volume of warnings and
> error messages :(
> 

I just disable this. Rarely is the From: in the email the real sender 
anyway. With all of these being spoofed all the NOTIFY_SENDER does is 
cause more traffic.


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