I got those SMTP high CPU blues - guess why

I've arrived.  <g>  I have now been the victim of a DOS attack.

I had the high CPU utilization from SMTP that others have had.  It was
at 70% CPU utilization. I'm at V5R1 with latest cum, group PTFs, etc.
Both PTFs regarding high SMTP CPU utilization were superseded on my
AS/400, so I didn't know _what_ was going on.  SMTP even crashed this
AM.

To make a long story short, we had (emphasis "had") an open relay.
About 3pm yesterday some spammer used us to send his crud out.

I could not send messages to the midrange mailing list this morning
because we had been blacklisted on spamcop, which David uses to protect
the list.  If David had not been doing this, I don't know how long it
would have taken me to figure out the problem.

If you think it can't/won't happen to you, wake up.  It's just a matter
of time.

Thanks, David.  And sorry for wasting your time.

I just want to run a simple food distribution business . . .

--
Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily
the opinion of my company.  Unless I say so.