On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 05:50, et wrote:
> do you run squid?
>
>
> On Wednesday 05 November 2003 06:23 am, David E. Fox wrote:
> > hey - help!
> >
> > it's seemingly apparent that in the last week or two there seems to
> > be an increasing number of mails of a dubious nature being sent to
> > a large number of bogus addresses by yours truly :(.
David,
The question I would have is are you actually sending them. Meaning
if some of your less enhanced friends are running windows with one of
the many virus's on the market installed it could "appear" like you are
sending them when if fact you aren't. Your only guilt in this case is
being in the other guys outhook excess address book.
James
> >
> > I'm not a spammer but it seems that my mailing system (postfix) is
> > misconfigured -- but I was under the impression that postfix was
> > relay-proof. I have seen evidence though of some chinese sites
> > "masquerading" as m206-157.dsl.tsoft.com, probably forging headers
> > somewhere along the line. It further seems that mail is injected here
> > and then attempts are made to send the sh*t off to other places.
> >
> > I have not gotten any complaints but as of now 22:30pm pst 11/4 there is
> > approximately 2.3 megabytes' worth of mail trying to get out.
> >
> > 1) I want to simply remove these messages. How do I do this? I have not yet
> > come across a queue removal program - like lprm - for mail. Can (or should)
> > I just delete all the files underneath
> > /var/spool/postfix/{defer,etc,deferred, etc} - i.e, keep the directory
> > structure intact but do somehting like
> >
> > find /var/spool/postfix -type f | xargs grep rm
> >
> > Is that dangerous?
> >
> > Secondly, using a fairly stock configuration for postfix, is there some-
> > thing I've missed? I can attach my configuration if needed. I have
> > basically kept the same one intact since I initially reinstalled 9.0
> > and upgraded to various levels of cooker over the past few months.
> >
> > HELP ;)
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > David E. Fox Thanks for letting me
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk.
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
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