Sure, I understand what your saying. It's just odd that over two years v6 never caused this reaction but v7 does. Obviously something has changed with Imail. I'm sure it's harmless, but I'm curious.
Of course, being curious costs time. I think I'll follow Katie's suggestion and simply stop filtering port 143. Josh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Drew Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 9:23 AM > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] tcp fin scans from imail server > > > > Maybe you should post this on the firewall mailing list since it has > > nothing to do with Imail, if your firewall is picking up a simple IMAP > > connection as a TCP FIN port scan then obviously there is a problem. > > > > -Drew > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Josh Piche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 9:05 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [IMail Forum] tcp fin scans from imail server > > > > > > Just upgraded Imail from 6.06 to 7.07 this past weekend. Now my Sonicwall > > firewall appliance is firing off a ton of warnings regarding tcp fin scans > > from my imail server at port 143. I gather this is occuring whenever the > > IMAP service is used. > > > > I'm guessing that this isn't something to be overly worried about, but I'm > > still concerned. 6.06 never acted like this, and my firewall log files > have > > increased a ton because of it. Any suggestions? > > > > Josh > > > > > > 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/ > > > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > 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/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
