Re: help with spam


Subject: Re: help with spam
bryan@ak.net
Date: Mon Apr 22 2002 - 00:14:56 AKDT


Mark-Nathaniel Weisman wrote in <B8E8FFC4.2960%mark@infinitevisions.ws>:
>
> In addition to that, as of late GCI has been under serious threat. Over the
> last four weeks, several attempted DDos attacks were put on on the net. My
> mail server got caught up in the one several weeks ago, so I now they are
> out there. Make sure the open relay is off within sendmail, and limit the
> amount of recipients a singular mail can go to. If you are still not
> satisfied with what James said, take a visit to www.abuse.net and test your
> relay.

I discovered to my surprise that my system was an open relay.
I made some changes, and it should be fixed now.
Thanks to James and Mark for the replies.

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Bryan Medsker
bryan@ak.net

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