Just a few more questions then...
>You can see which spam databases you got listed in by going to >http://www.declude.com/tools and using the "ip4r Spam Database Lookup" >for 63.225.47.2. Thanks >>Relay for local users only = yes > >Bad. That's how the spammers were able to send their mail. What's the preferred settings these days? (Actually up til last week I was an open relay (embarrassed 'bout that, but I'll be honest about it). Definately spammed during the week. Then Friday set it for local users only. Since then, logs look good as far as *relaying* spam is concerned. >><snip from my log> >That seems normal. Well that's a relief. >>It's all those C:\Imail\spool\*.smd lines that bother me. > >Why? That just means that IMail is processing a file in the spool directory. Doh! (Insert sound of palm slapping forehead!) >>I used to have a bunch of them in spool directory, but I removed them >>when I set relay to 'for local users only.". There are no smd in spool anymore. > >.SMD files in the spool directory are just incoming/outgoing E-mails. If >you deleted them, you deleted possibly legitimate mail. You had lots of >.SMD files in the spool directory simply because you had lots of E-mail >you were processing for the spammers. My server must have been horribly back-logged. Legitimate messages were not getting through close to half and hour. I didn't delete the smd's, just moved them. Guess I'll have to look through each of them. Can I reinsert the smd's into the spool directory? >>I also suspect I need to uncheck Disable SMTP "VRFY" command, though I'm >>unclear what effect that would have on my users, both behind the WAN VPN >>and from outside. > >That shouldn't matter one way or the other; it shouldn't hurt to have it >checked, as I don't believe any mail clients verify addresses. Again, what's the preferred settings for a server like mine (less than 100 users, all employees, but some outside the WAN VPN.) And, thanks Scott. Your replies are always helpful. Thank you, D. Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
