[sc-users] Bounces & Viruses

[Paul Vickers]

Thanks to Blackrain I now have a shiny new gmail account which I have
switched my SC subscription to.

Weird that I had to do this though

Paul

Paul Vickers wrote:
> 
> I don't know where else to ask this as mail to
> sc-users-owner at create.ucsb.edu seems to get no response, so apologies if
> this seems off topic.
> 
> I keep having my membership disabled owing to exceeding the 'bounce'
> limit. I don't have any forwards/auto responders set up so the problem
> must lie at one of the mail servers. The admin of my own mail server tells
> me: 
> 
> 
> "It seems that the sc-users list is sending a lot of messages that our
> system is marking as a virus. This may be because the list is open, and
> viruses are attacking the list. This may be because the list is open, and
> viruses are attacking the list. Or it may be something that is
> auto-appended to the message that is generating the false positive. Either
> way, our servers are rejecting the virus-infected messages, which is
> causing you to be removed from the list."
> 
> He goes on to say:
> 
> "Our virus detector seems to think the emails contain a virus -
> specifically the Worm.SomeFool.Gen-1."
> 
> The upshot is that my mail server provider rejects the messages with the
> virus, that then gets held against my own bounce limit and so every two
> days I end up being disabled and having to reset my subscription.
> 
> Anyone know what I can do to resolve this? I was using this email account
> to avoid the problem of my work email generating bounces when the Outlook
> 'out-of-office' feature is toggled! :-(
> 
> Frustratedly yours
> 
> Paul
> 

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