On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 17:21 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote: > On 22 June 2006 17:04, Michael Sullivan wrote: > > What do you make of this? I found it in /var/log/messages: > > > > Jun 22 10:59:15 bullet sm-mta[2558]: k5L4mNFw021664: > > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, delay=1+11:10:52, xdelay=00:03:09, > > mailer=esmtp, pri=6425885, relay=mail.midamerica.com. [65.243.220.163], > > dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with mail.midamerica.com. > > > > > > There are several of these. It looks to me as if someone is trying to > > send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but neither my wife nor I know > > them, and we're the only espersunited.com users who use mail actively. > > Has my mail system been compromised? > > The mail in question is still lying around somewhere under /var/spool > (depending on the MTA you are using). Find it and read it with an editor. > That might give you a hint what is going on. > > Also, read your MTA's log file to find out who has sent it. > > Uwe > > -- > Mark Twain: I rather decline two drinks than a German adjective. > http://www.SysEx.com.na
I found something that suggests that MAILER-DAEMON is trying to email [EMAIL PROTECTED] to tell them that their spam has been rejected. Probably sent by Mailman. If I can find the original email, can I delet it and make sendmail stop trying to send it? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
