In article , "Michael A. Terrell"
writes:

They should scan every received e-mail for virus or worms, and a
valid FROM address.

Yes, no reason a server like AOL can't do this (maybe they do -- I don't get
anything like 200 per day, let alone per hour of Spam).

Infected e-mail should be deleted, and a message sent to the sender
that it was infected.

No, don't send the recipeint an email for every one that was deleted -- as
someone already noted, that is a PITA in itself. Perhaps every 24 hours the
ISP could send the recipeint a list/log of deleted messages.

Oops, you said back to the *sender*. Well, if it's an invalid Spam address,
that won't do anything but clog up the network further. If it is valid, it's
just a waste of BW, and may help the spammer fine-tune his text to get thru the
filter next time.

OK, if it's *infected*, may be good to notify the sender, who may be an
innocent victim whose machine has been taken over. I'll buy into that.

Earthlink delivers E-mail with no FROM: information in the header.
If an ISP can't do this much, they need to go out of business.

Boooo! Agreed. --Mike K.


Oscar loves trash, but hates Spam! Delete him to reply to me.