good stuff, thanks man, i'll double check that the server is locked down!

Cheers
Sam Thompson
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From: "Ben Timby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "ActiveServerPages" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 5:32 PM
Subject: RE: [ot] IIS SMTP Logfile entry


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> Could be fishing for SMTP servers to SPAM from, or they might be
> looking for SMTP servers to brute force email addx's from (more
> likely the first if there is just one log entry).
>
> 11:35:42 24.138.25.155 MAIL FROM - 250
>  - this is the envelope FROM addx. Reply is 250 or OK
> 11:35:42 24.138.25.155 RCPT TO - 550
>  - this is the envelpe TO addx. Reply is 550 or ERROR
> 11:35:42 24.138.25.155 QUIT - 0
>  - this is a the remote user ending his session. Reply 0 success, or
> server is disconnecting.
>
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0821.txt
>
> A lot of people will use VRFY or RCPT commands to enumerate email
> accounts on a server. If possible you should disable these commands,
> our SMTP server will accept any message, then bounce it back to the
> user later, this makes account enum very difficult.
>
> Ben Timby
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> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 7:17 AM
> To: ActiveServerPages
> Subject: [ot] IIS SMTP Logfile entry
>
>
> while trying to debug my app I found this in my SMTP logfile, can
> anyone
> tell me what it means?
>
> 11:35:42 24.138.25.155 MAIL FROM - 250
> 11:35:42 24.138.25.155 RCPT TO - 550
> 11:35:42 24.138.25.155 QUIT - 0
>
>
> ...the IP address comes from:
>
> Access Cable Television (NETBLK-ACCESS-BLK1)
>    190 Victoria Rd
>    Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4A4
>    CA
>
>
> I know that IP address shouldnt be messing with my SMTP server!!
>
> Cheers
> Sam Thompson
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