We used to have the problem of nonexistent email recipients as someone created a bogus list of 1000's of these accounts and sold it on the net-
After getting our server slammed for weeks-- we put up mailgate- just alowing mail to our real users-- what a relief that was We also had the problem of Spam being sent from our free users--- so I had to allow for 2 users per email-- that worked dk > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Doherty > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 11:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Need logs deciphered > > You cannot prevent people from trying to access your server > to send spam. > > You can prevent them from succeeding. > > It seems that you have done so. Congratulations! > > I run a small hosting and email provider. We fend off about a > quarter million attempts a day to send mail to nonexistent > email recipients, relay mail through our servers, and > otherwise abuse our system. It's just a fact of life. > > > -d > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dkaleky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 11:19 PM > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Need logs deciphered > > > > > >> > We are set to no relay and our ip address is 209.208.92.70 > >> > >> > Whats going on w/ ip 85.182.50.86 ? > >> > >> It's a machine sending you spam over multiple > >> connections, with multiple impersonated HELOs; > >> alternately, it could be a variety of zombies behind a NAT > >> firewall being translated to the same public IP. > > > > > > > > Excuse my lack of expertise here- > > > > > > So they are trying to use ME to send spam? > > > > Obviuosly my system would not allow it --- as this happened > only briefly-- > > I sent all the logs... > > > > > > But in less technical terms than above--- how do I > prevent this in the > > first place? > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
