On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 00:18, David E. Fox wrote: > Folks - especially postfix people - I need some help - > my box seems to have been turned into an open relay. I am > running the same postfix configuration file I had installed > when I was running 9.0 and later versions (currently I > am running 9.2/cooker).. > > > I have not been able to post to the list or send out any > smtp email until I fix this.... and in the meantime have > simply flushed (deleted) the outgoing queue in /var/spool > /postfix via > > # find . /var/spool/postfix -type -f | xargs exec rm > > which (quickly) removes it. I removed many megabytes' worth > of stuck email this way earlier today only to find that at > 9 pm there was 4 megs more waiting and my isp admin had sent > me a mail saying he disabled my smtp. > > > I was under the impression postfix was relay proof - any > advice will be helpful... > > Thanks! >
My advice, which again will look like a cop-out, but in actuality is very serious, is that you switch to qmail. Vincent Danen, rpmhelp.net LX -- ����������������������������������������������� Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk "Lets face it if winblowz wasn't full of holes then it would probably look like Linux" -- Aron Smith, Mandrake OT mailing list *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* ������������������������������������������������
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