Re: question on smtp AUTH

2007-01-14 Thread Matthew Seaman
David Banning wrote: >> That would seem to suggest that the spam is being sent using an authorized >> account, however, is it possible that a host inside your network is >> sending the spam? > > Thanks for that test Paul. I do believe that it could have been a virus > infected windows box. I am

Re: question on smtp AUTH

2007-01-13 Thread jdow
From: "John Levine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I am wondering about the possibility of someone using a working login and password to send spam through my server. So here is my question; That's depressingly common. Look for abandoned or unused accounts like guest/guest. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - that c

Re: question on smtp AUTH

2007-01-13 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Saturday 13 January 2007 12:08, David Banning wrote: > I am still pouring over logs to check how my server has been spamming. > > I am wondering about the possibility of someone using a working login and > password to send spam through my server. So here is my question; > > I look at my maillog

Re: question on smtp AUTH

2007-01-13 Thread David Banning
> That would seem to suggest that the spam is being sent using an authorized > account, however, is it possible that a host inside your network is > sending the spam? Thanks for that test Paul. I do believe that it could have been a virus infected windows box. I am not convinced now. I -do- know

Re: question on smtp AUTH

2007-01-13 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On January 13, 2007 6:34:17 PM -0500 David Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That would seem to suggest that the spam is being sent using an authorized account, however, is it possible that a host inside your network is sending the spam? Thanks for that test Paul. I do believe that it co

Re: question on smtp AUTH

2007-01-13 Thread John Levine
>I am wondering about the possibility of someone using a working login >and password to send spam through my server. So here is my question; That's depressingly common. Look for abandoned or unused accounts like guest/guest. R's, John ___ freebsd-quest

Re: question on smtp AUTH

2007-01-13 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On January 13, 2007 1:08:17 PM -0500 David Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am still pouring over logs to check how my server has been spamming. I am wondering about the possibility of someone using a working login and password to send spam through my server. So here is my question; I

question on smtp AUTH

2007-01-13 Thread David Banning
I am still pouring over logs to check how my server has been spamming. I am wondering about the possibility of someone using a working login and password to send spam through my server. So here is my question; I look at my maillog and see the following spam; maillog.0:Jan 11 02:14:17 3s1 sm-mt