Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 09:01:07 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Jorn Argelo <jorn@wcborstel.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel panic and postfix problems Message-ID: <20040602090107.218dc23c.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <40BDBBD5.2030202@wcborstel.nl> References: <20040602045327.GA13248@zeus.itg.uiuc.edu> <40BDBBD5.2030202@wcborstel.nl>
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Please read http://www.lemis.com/questions.html On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:36:53 +0200 Jorn Argelo <jorn@wcborstel.nl> wrote: > >ok now onto the next problem. i was running my own mail server until recently >> as well, but i was getting beaten into the ground by spam. my >> /var/spool/postfix directory was 1.8 gigabytes. it was all spam i was >> bouncing from dynamic ips. none of it was getting to my accounts, but my >> server was getting clogged, since im running this off of adsl. im just >> wondering what i can do to stop this. the legitimate mail was not a problem >> at all. also this only started being a problem after a few weeks. as a >> temporary solution ive stopped postfix and deleted my entire spooled mail >> directory. however i would like a more permenant solution to these spammers >> attacking my server. right now postfix is bouncing all emails where the ips >> dont match the domain name. This is _one_ of many anti-spam tricks. Consider setting up a greylist. I've had tremendious success lowering the amount of spam and viruses with a greylist on my mail sever. http://projects.puremagic.com/greylisting/ -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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