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On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 14:52 -0500, JimD wrote: |
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> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:12:28 -0800 |
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> "Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I get a lot of bounce messages from Postfix relating to emails |
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> > that are not actually from me, and the mail q shows lots of |
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> > stuff I don't recognize. |
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> > I'd like to know how to interpret this, and if it is called-for, |
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> > to secure this daemon a bit more. |
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> Try this link: |
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> http://www.spamhelp.org/shopenrelay/ |
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> Just put in the IP and port and click the button. |
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which automatically notifies a list of spammers that they can use your |
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mail server... no not really ;) |
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Do you have a firewall? Should your box be accessible from outside? |
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You could lock it down so _no_one_ outside can access it, or you could |
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restrict it to certain ip's... |
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But I also get a few bounce messages "from me" about emails I never |
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wrote - once your email address is out there, spammers use it as their |
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from address, even if they're not using your mail server for a relay. |
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sucks. |
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Iain Buchanan <iain at netspace dot net dot au> |
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A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his |
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mouth. |
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