Re: Reporting problem (found problem: COMCAST)

> 
> I repeated your test and found I was able to forward
> either one or two *CLEAN* email attachments through
> the comcast mailserver with no trouble.
> 
> If I forward a message known to contain a virus, though,
> nothing comes through.  The message isn't rejected on
> submission and doesn't generate any error message but
> is silently killed.
> 
> Comcast accepts mail submissions from its customers with
> no authentication beyond the IP.
> 
> 
> My other mail-handling ISP, geekisp (www.geekisp.net)
> does forward the messages, even if spammy or infected,
> after renaming the infected attachment and prepending
> a virus notification on  the subject line.
> 
> GeekISP requires encryption and authentication and
> supports IMAP.  I really like 'em.
> 
> duncan.
> 
> 
I found a small smtp server  that allows me to email spam report to SC.  It works for both OE 
and Thunderbird.  I only had to make 1 change in Thunderbird.  I thinking Comcast might bitch 
but until then.