Do you allow local shell access on that machine, or does all mail come
in via SMTP? Either way, why don't you post 20 or so lines from your
log here, and maybe somebody can help you make sense of it.
----ScottG.
Ian LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It is being generated from a script as far as i can tell..
> The maillog does not help me much other than telling me that
> millions are being sent.
>
>
>
> At 08:02 AM 9/14/2001, you wrote:
> >On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 10:56:31AM -0700, Ian LeBlanc wrote:
> > > Someone is generating spam on my server and sending out from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > the mail box [EMAIL PROTECTED] DOES NOT exist but the server sends it out
> > > anyways..
> > >
> > > I am talking MILLIONS of emails... I can not track where they are
> > generating
> > > the mail from but it is now causing us a lot of trouble as ISPs
> > are starting
> > > to block our server and I in the meantime get hundred thousand bounce
> > > messages.
> > >
> > > We are actually now considering changing MTAs because there seems to be no
> > > fix for what is going on and we see that as a problem.
> >
> >You really can't tell where the mail is coming from? I find that hard to
> >believe. Why don't you look in your logs, find out who's doing it, and cut him
> >off?
> >
> >Chris
>
> -
>
> Regards,
>
> Ian LeBlanc
> System Administrator /
> Software Development
> Rask, Inc. - www.rask.com
> Phone: (727) 517-2000
> Fax: (727) 517-2001
>
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