Michael Tangorre wrote: > Wow.... Bad day? Not yesterday. But I get pissed if somebody says "I didn't know about relaying". Pardon me, but if you put a mail server online it is your responsibility to know.
The sad fact of the matter is that some mail server has been used to send spam to the point where the server crashed. What does it take to crash a mailserver? 1 million messages? 10 million? Let it be 5 million messages, then that mail server has sent the equivalent of what the administrator is receiving himself in 30 years. And apparently that event one year ago was not enough to take the time to set up the system in such a way that it could not be exploited any further. Incorrectly configured systems may not be the cause of the spam problem, but the are a necessary prerequisite. Now today, today is a bad day. We are currently the victim of a small (and rather weird) joe job, and are receiving bounces at a rate of approximately 4 a minute, so it can't be long before the complaints come. And all these messages have been send through open relays/proxies (mainly DSL users in the UK this time). Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
