Scott: Could you please enlighten me a little more on what you mean by "may be using a bogus mail client" and how that would effect this situation?
Thanks, Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Continual attempts to send to bad address > > >A user apparently attempted to send email to a bad address. Since 9pm last > >night, there is an attempt to send the mail over and over, about every > >minute or so (portions of logs included). How can I stop this? Thanks, Tom > > > >20020521 000546 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (0506013E) [68.62.182.115] MAIL > >FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >20020521 000546 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (0506013E) [68.62.182.115] RCPT TO: > ><RUCN [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >20020521 000546 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (0506013E) [68.62.182.115] ERR > >NTSERVE.SHARPCOM.COM invalid user <RUCN > > This isn't an attempt to send the mail -- it's a remote computer trying to > send YOU mail. 68.62.182.115 is at fault here. > > The only thing you could do on your end is to blacklist 68.62.182.115, > which won't be helpful if they are a customer of yours. I would suggest > contacting [EMAIL PROTECTED] to see if he/she knows why this is > happening. Note the space in the address, which is invalid, so they may be > using a bogus mail client. > > -Scott > --- > Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for > IMail. http://www.declude.com > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > 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/
