Some header fields have been removed and email addresses munged.

From MAILER-DAEMON Tue Mar 30 12:10:25 2004
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 06:44:46 -0500
From: EIS Virus Alert
To: david@munged.domain.name.example.com 
Subject: InterScan NT Alert
Content-Length: 273

Sender, InterScan has detected virus(es) in your e-mail attachment.

Date:  	Tue, 30 Mar 2004 06:44:46 -0500
Method:	Mail
From:  	<david@dmunged.domain.name.example.com>
To:    	brownd269@munged.american.domain.name.example.com
File:  	message_part2.pif
Action:	clean failed - deleted
Virus: 	WORM_NETSKY.D

All very well it seems except for two little matters. If a virus scanner is smart enough to detect NetSky, then it should also be smart enough to:

• know that NetSky uses fake email addresses and that it shouldn't bother the person in the From line (i.e. me - who doesn't even run Windows and CAN'T be infected by NetSky) about it.
• follow the email standard for From fields and provide an email address that I complain to.

I don't care when a virus is faking itself as being from me, I don't need to be informed about it as I don't have a message to resend sans-viri. I'd actually like a little less junk in my mailbox, thank-you.

On a similar note, Out Of Office messages can be just as bad.