Jochem is right. There's no excuse for my failure to take the time to deal with this sooner. Life brings us lessons all the time - it's up to us to determine whether we choose to have those lessons come with less pain or more.
At 04:15 AM 6/26/03, you wrote: >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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
