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Old 10-13-2003, 02:53 AM   #1
paulten
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Qmail is getting spamed


Hi!

I can't understand where all the aol.com messagess in the log is comming from!

Cut from the log :

Oct 13 09:48:48 mail qmail: 1066031328.799425 starting delivery 7193: msg 406669 to remote leena325@aol.com
Oct 13 09:48:48 mail qmail: 1066031328.859590 status: local 0/10 remote 5/20
Oct 13 09:48:48 mail qmail: 1066031328.930888 starting delivery 7194: msg 406669 to remote c1raigosa@aol.com
Oct 13 09:48:48 mail qmail: 1066031328.997634 status: local 0/10 remote 6/20
Oct 13 09:48:49 mail qmail: 1066031329.131797 starting delivery 7195: msg 406669 to remote imavolcombabe@aol.com
Oct 13 09:48:49 mail qmail: 1066031329.325556 status: local 0/10 remote 7/20
Oct 13 09:48:49 mail qmail: 1066031329.390699 starting delivery 7196: msg 406669 to remote johnnyreko@aol.com
Oct 13 09:48:49 mail qmail: 1066031329.532853 status: local 0/10 remote 8/20
Oct 13 09:48:49 mail qmail: 1066031329.600393 starting delivery 7197: msg 13/20

Where do I start? I don't have a open relay. When I stop qmail-send and search the queue for aol.com messages I only find about 20. But the var-log-mail show 20 a second!
I read a couple of mails in the queue, but so far every mail has different Sender.
This server has a lot of users.

Regards Paul
 
Old 10-13-2003, 09:02 AM   #2
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Ever tried to install an updated version. The one you use, may have a security bug...
 
Old 10-15-2003, 08:44 AM   #3
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When you checked the messages in the queue, are the messages from users in your domain or not? Are you sure that you are not an open relay?

Also, dtournas is lucky that this was not specifically a Qmail forum. He surely would have been run out of town for suggesting that there might be a bug in Qmail, especially a security bug.
 
  


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