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From: Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Concerns (possible security threat?) [SOLVED]
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:46:11
Message-Id: 1137526572.16239.19.camel@camille.espersunited.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Concerns (possible security threat?) by Alec Shaner
1 On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 13:13 -0500, Alec Shaner wrote:
2 > Michael Sullivan wrote:
3 > > I'm concerned. When I got out of the shower just now and came to check
4 > > my email, I didn't have any. Concerned that sendmail might not be
5 > > running, I ps'd for it:
6 > >
7 > [snip]
8 > >
9 > > Is there a way to make sure that unauthorized people are not sending
10 > > mail through my domain?
11 > >
12 > >
13 >
14 > I used to use this test when I had a mail server:
15 >
16 > telnet relay-test.mail-abuse.org
17
18 I ran the command; It tried to connect to my mail server to send spam,
19 but it didn't work, so I guess I'm okay. Thanks!
20
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