At 9:43 AM -0500 3/15/01, Jeff Mericle wrote:
> I occasionally receive qpopper error messages that look like the
> following. I believe that this is a hack attempt on my system. Is this
> an hack attempt? Was it successful? What exploit is this hacker using
> and is there anything I can do to close this hole?
>
> Mar 13 07:14:19 Morehead popper[26337]: EOF from at 209.217.53.174
> (209.217.53.174): [0] 29 (Illegal seek); 0 (Success)
> Mar 13 07:14:19 Morehead popper[26337]: (null) at 209.217.53.174
> (209.217.53.174): -ERR POP EOF or I/O Error: 29 (Illegal
> seek); 0 (Success)
See the FAQ: <http://www.eudora.com/qpopper/faq.html#IO.ERR>
This is harmless. It generally does not indicate a hack attempt.
Even if it did, Qpopper 3.1.2 is in good shape.
