On Thu, 4 May 2000, Adam Bailey wrote: > On 5/4/00 2:59 PM, Nathan Brindle <[log in to unmask]> wrote... > ><... > >from discussing the virus here unless you have something specific to > >say with regard to it. > > Well, I can specifically reiterate my long-standing request for > header-based filtering capabilities in LISTSERV... :) To some extent, limited capability can be achieved by the TRAPIN/TRAPOUT config variables where Listserv will never accept or send mail, respectively, to addresses listed. Of course this would *NOT* help in this case because you never know what address a virus will come from. However, if there is a good case for having this capability, maybe Lsoft might extend these variables to include, for example, TRAPIN-HDR and TRAPOUT-HDR where "HDR" could be one of: SUB, TO, or what did you have in mind? A second reason why it would not be a good idea to use this feature for a specific virus is because they usually require that the "larger view be taken". Blocking a virus should be done at the site level not at the application level, of which Listserv is only one e-mail application on one box. It would make no sense for your postmaster to block mail to and from your site/campus via sendmail with "Subject: ILOVEYOU" and for you to block mail coming to Listserv with the same subject using, for example, "TRAPIN-SUB: ILOVEYOU". Well, if you had a postmaster who didn't give a damn, it would sure help!, but I'm not sure fixing the "lazy postmaster syndrom" is tops on Lsoft's priority list unless it provides other advantages. I apologize if I have misunderstood and then misrepresented your request in this instance. My comments are intended to ask for more info. --Trish ---------- Trish Forrest, Queen's University, [log in to unmask]