Re: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender

Mail Delivery System wrote:

> This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
>
> A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
> recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
>
>  rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>    This message has been rejected because it has
>    a potentially executable attachment "my_details.pif"
>    This form of attachment has been used by
>    recent viruses or other malware.
>    If you meant to send this file then please
>    package it up as a zip file and resend it.
>    If you didn't mean to send this file, and you are
>    using microsoft outlook, you are probably infected.
>    Please stop using outlook, it is inherently insecure
>    and you are generating lots of wasted bandwidth and
>    support headackes by using it, and you are jeopardizing
>    your files and your data
>    Please seriously consider using another mail client
>  
Cheers Rick.. didn't we have a big discussion about the uselessness
of replying to viruses?

And you could at least add some clue to the script to check X-Mailer:
so that it doesn't tell someone who isn't using outlook to stop using
outlook.

oh, and it's a headache, not a headacke

L.
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