[from this other thread
http://www.mail-archive.com/qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com/msg30514.html
]
As I said, being under SMTP attack I installed fail2ban and created a
set of rules like:
*** jail.conf ***
(...)
[vpopmail]
enabled = true
port = pop3
filter = vpopmail
action =
Hello friends,
Just let you know.
My previous email about using Fail2ban with qmail and vpopmail, more
specific to ban email adr. Harvesting / hammering pop3 , seems to be
working.
Cheers!
B/R
Ole J
Message from Fail2ban:
[Fail2Ban] pop3: banned 72.3.226.134
Hi,
The IP
Ole,
I set mine up the way you suggested and had one attempt today also. It
ended on the 4th try, but I didn't receive my notification. Everything
appears to be working correctly except the notification.
CJ
Ole N.Johansen wrote:
Hello friends,
Just let you know.
My previous email about
It notified me, perhaps you typed in wrong email adress/typo error?
Perhaps i could send you the config files as attachments since my post
here screwed the format of the config files content abit.
Ole,
I set mine up the way you suggested and had one attempt today also. It
ended on the 4th
Ole,
That would be great. You can just send it directly to me if you like.
c...@yother.com
I did compare the syntax to the other jail entries and it looked
correct. I'll check it again.
CJ
ole.johan...@cryonix.no wrote:
It notified me, perhaps you typed in wrong email adress/typo error?
Install fail2ban:
wget
http://sourceforge.net/projects/fail2ban/files/fail2ban-stable/fail2ban-0.8.
3/fail2ban-0.8.3.tar.bz2/download
tar -xjvf fail2ban-0.8.3.tar.bz2
cd fail2ban-0.8.3
python setup.py install
vi /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
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