Scott: Thanks for the TIP, I'll do some more testing. Do you know of another web site where I can test my mail server for open relay?
Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SMTP open relaying, yet set to no relay! > > >I just checked my smtp log, and this mail server is relaying mail for every > >spammer this side of the equator. I'm calling IPswitch! > > Are you sure it is relaying (relaying meaning sending to outside E-mail > addresses that are not local on the server)? > > There is a major spammer that is sending a distributed spam attack to many > domains, using thousands of compromised servers. They are sending to > hundreds of thousands of made-up addresses on the domains they are sending > to, hoping a small fraction will get delivered. In this case, you will get > huge logs files, with mail coming from lots of IPs. This isn't something > that IMail (or most other mailservers) can prevent. > > -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/
