[ale] Once again, how about a virus scanner on the mailing list server?

[Jim Patterson]

Ummm,  Actually, if you read the message that came from postman
carefully, yo will see that the failed message did NOT come from 
James, it is being included as a SAMPLE, so that James can
diagnose any problems on his side.  I (and presumably, every other
gmail user) got a similar message from postman because of the
virus traffic to the list.  I have quoted the relevant parts below.

Jim Patterson.

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 21:58:38 -0500, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
...snip...
> As for the long list of QMail failed delivery attempts, it looks like
> you sent an email to ALE and Qmail tried to notify you that it had lots
> of trouble delivering your ALE email to many ALE members due to the
> email containing a virus.
> 
> Now, what I want to know is this:  Why does it appear, based on the
> email that you just sent, that you are distributing the CFowler viruses?
> 
> -Jim P.
> 
> On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 20:16 -0500, James Sumners wrote:
...snip...
> > -- Begin "bounce check" email ---
> > This is a probe message.  You can ignore this message.
> >
> > The Ale mailing list has received a number of bounces from you,
> > indicating that there may be a problem delivering messages to
> > james.sumners at gmail.com. A bounce sample is attached below.  Please

See Right Here.  The bounces are "from you" and the delivery is "to
james.sumners at gmail.com".  A "sample is attached below".

> > examine this message to make sure there are no problems with your
> > email address.  You may want to check with your mail administrator for
> > more help.
...snip...
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: MAILER-DAEMON at mail.room17.com
> > To: ale-bounces at ale.org
> > Date: 19 Feb 2005 07:44:15 -0000
> > Subject: failure notice
> > Hi. This is the qmail-send program at mail.room17.com.
> > I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
> > This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.