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Old 12-21-2002, 05:55 AM   #1
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Server being spammed - help

caught him
Last edited by newhost; 01-20-2003 at 02:25 AM.
 
Old 12-21-2002, 06:53 AM   #2
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Well, post your loggfile here so we can check it out , then we might find the problem ...

You can also set limits in /etc/security/limits.conf
like

* hard nproc 30

to solve it temporary or just shut sendmail down...

But as I said, post your loggfile
 
Old 12-28-2002, 06:06 PM   #3
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Some suggestions...
http://www.sendmail.org/antispam.html
http://spam.abuse.net/spam/adminhelp/mail.shtml
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Old 12-28-2002, 06:28 PM   #4
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Turn off relaying in your sendmail
 
Old 12-31-2002, 05:15 PM   #5
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caught him.
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Old 12-31-2002, 06:07 PM   #6
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What version of sendmail are you using??
 
Old 12-31-2002, 10:03 PM   #7
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caught him thanks for the advice, got his ip as well.
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