You may try running some sort of throttling tool. I'm running qmail-spamthrottle on our network. http://spamthrottle.qmail.ca/ This is not a fix to the problem but it will slow the rate at which messages are sent to your server. This will usually send the spammer searching for a new ISP.
--Sheldon On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 10:08:30AM -0400, Nelson D. Guerrero wrote: > Hello World; > > The last few days my server has been getting hammered by some guy > stealing dialup accounts from my network. So far I've suspended 15 > accounts, but the person keeps comming back. > > He/She is sending mails to aol.com accounts making my server's queue go > up to 15K on busy moments. I want to know if there is a way I can block > all outgoing spam send through my server. Actually I don't want to block > it, I want to /dev/null it the instant it reaches my server. > Any ideas on a way I can do this. I'm currently running q-s with clamd > with no spam checking. > > -- > nelsong; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:";; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g > Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. > Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Qmail-scanner-general mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general -- --Sheldon ------------------------------------------------------ Sheldon Jones Systems Administrator Lobo Internet Services, Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] UNIX is sexy! who | grep -i blonde | date; cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger; mount; \ gasp; yes; uptime; umount; sleep ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO. http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3 _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general
