Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 08:39:17 -0500 From: Eric <heli@mikestammer.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, User Gandalf <gandalf@messias.qhigh.com> Subject: Re: Strange messages in mail queue Message-ID: <4475B385.1080502@mikestammer.com> In-Reply-To: <4475B128.5000607@mac.com> References: <44758A50.10405@messias.qhigh.com> <4475B128.5000607@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger wrote: > User Gandalf wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I might be offtopic... >> I always get a long daily output from periodic. >> >> >> Mail in local queue: >> -Queue ID- --Size-- ----Arrival Time---- -Sender/Recipient------- >> 1D3C91DD4AA 45937 Tue May 23 10:54:42 MAILER-DAEMON >> (connect to onmail02.ongov.net[12.33.98.207]: Operation >> timed out) >> robinrandall@ongov.net >> 571EC1DD443 28752 Thu May 25 00:40:30 MAILER-DAEMON >> (connect to paramed.biz[204.251.15.174]: Operation >> timed out) >> nicholas@paramed.biz >> C04121DD4A0 28736 Mon May 22 13:20:50 MAILER-DAEMON >> (connect to pistonheads.biz[195.225.218.139]: Operation >> timed out) >> philip@pistonheads.biz >> >> and many others. Is this a breakin attempt? Or is this normal? I do >> not know any of the e-mail addresses. >> Thanks, > > It's undelivered SPAM which your mail server is trying to bounce back to > the sending machine. In low quantities, it's annoying but harmless. In > higher volumes, it can put a drag on or even DoS your SMTP box. Some > combination of SpamAssassin, virus-scanning, Amavisd, or even > greylisting will help.... > what MTA are you using? i'm wondering why your server accepted the email in the first place.
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