RE: fix.your.open.relay.or.die.net

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <art@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fix the relay.  There is lots of info in the archives about how to do it.  
PTF's, etc.

I've never heard of them and they are wrong for hurting your server, but, the 
spammers will do it to you also soon enough.

_________________
Art Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Jackson, NJ 08527

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Nathan M. Andelin
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 12:23 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: fix.your.open.relay.or.die.net
>
>
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> My OS/400 SMTP server has been REALLY busy this morning.  It's a little
> disconcerting to have somebody abusing my server, for reasons unknown to me.
> SMTP jobs are driving CPU usage to ++++ %.
>
> One clue is the Remote Host Name "fix.your.open.relay.or.die.net" on TCP/IP
> port 209.151.233.24.  Anybody know who those folks are?  And, how to get
> them to stop?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nathan M. Andelin
> www.relational-data.com
>
>
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