is this true even if the guest account is disabled? > -----Original Message----- > From: Travis Rabe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 2:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Slightly Off-topic - MS SMTP as a gateway > > > ***This is just a message to those of you out there that use the SMTP > service from Microsoft.*** > > The creator of the five-ten lists is creating another section of those > lists. It involves one, that after some research, has been > la larger source > of spam recently. The new section will hold IPs for > Microsoft Windows 2000 > and 2003 servers that run the SMTP service and have the Guest account > enabled with the default password. If the Guest Account > password is not > changed, the SMTP service can be hijacked with one script and about 10 > seconds. They have started cataloging servers that fall under this > criteria. Just an FYI. > > > Travis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Kevin Bilbee > > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 11:21 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Slightly Off-topic - MS SMTP as a gateway > > > > > > Yes they would all have to be used up. Do you have the SMTP > > service setup to > > All Unasigned in the SMTP Virtual server properties or are > you specifying > > the ip address. You should specify the IP address instead > of using all > > Unassigned. this will probably correct the problem. > > > > To see the outbound ports being used use netstat -n. This > will show all > > outbound connections on the server. Pipe the output to a > text file so you > > can analyze it / Count the number of current outbound > connections for a > > specific server ip address. > > > > > > Kevin Bilbee > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 10:59 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Slightly Off-topic - MS SMTP > as a gateway > > > > > > > > > Kevin wrote: > > > > What is heavy load???? How many outbound connections > would be on the > > > primary > > > > ip when the SMPT process rolls over to the other IP addresses?? > > > > > > I actually have no idea what a heavy load is, or if the load has > > > anything to > > > do with it. I was only noting the symptoms that I observed - most > > > connections appeared to be on the primary IP Address, but > some use the > > > second IP listed on the NIC, and some even use the 3rd. The > > gateway only > > > delivers 25 to 35,000 messages per day, so it doesn't > seem to me to be a > > > heavy load overall. > > > > > > > > > > > By default windows only allows from port 1024 to port 5000. > > > There is a reg > > > > hack to open up all of the ports or as many as you > think you need. > > > > > > > > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;196271&Pro > > duct=win20 > > > 00 > > > > > > > > > This is the link to the knowledgebase article. > > > > > > > Thanks for the link to the KB article; I will look check it > out. I didn't > > notice what port numbers were even being used. Is it safe > to assume that > > ports 1024 to 5000 would be used before this would have any impact? > > > > Thanks, > > > > David > > > > http://www.orcsweb.com/ > > Powerful Web Hosting Solutions > > #1 in Service and Support > > > > > > > > --- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > > > > 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/ >
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