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From: lst_hoe01@kwsoft.de
Date: Wed Dec 15 2004 - 14:21:49 EST

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Zitat von Robert Fitzpatrick <robert@webtent.com>:

> I have over 10000 messages in the Postfix queue running amavisd-new 2.2.0
> thanks to a virus.
>
> These messages are return messages basically telling users they tried to send
> a virus, which I'm sure most did not. How can I possibly intercept these from
> getting in the queue and maybe even find and delete the ones that are in the
> queue now based on some common content?
>
> Please reply off list to webtent@yahoo.com, mail delivery is slowed to a
> crawl with the huge queue.

To prevent such "attacks"

http://www.postfix.org/BACKSCATTER_README.html

To clean the queue

http://sbserv.stahl.bau.tu-bs.de/~hildeb/postfix/scripts/

Be sure that there is really no virus sender among your customers.

Regards

Andreas

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