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

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Art Tostaine, Jr." <art@link400.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: RE: fix.your.open.relay.or.die.net


> 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.

Actually, it's not them. die.net is not the spammer, someone has gotten a
die.net e-mail address and is using your smtp server to send their spam. The
mailer gets stuck in a "tar pit" (teergroobe) and you catch the hang.

But what it means is that someone IS using your smtp server to deliver spam.


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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

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