Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 19:24:24 -0800 (PST) From: ann kok <annkok2001@yahoo.com> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, edwin@mavetju.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: don't understand the message in maillog Message-ID: <20020218032424.17091.qmail@web20105.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <001e01c1b826$bd97e140$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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Dear all I only have this one line in the maillog How do I check and prevent it? I use sendmail Thank you again --- Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 06:00:47PM -0800, ann kok > wrote: > > > Dear all > > > > > > I would like to know how this message is in the > > > maillog > > > of the mail server? > > > > > > What is this meaning? Is it using our mail > server? > > > > > > Feb 17 04:11:31 email sendmail[24444]: EAA24444: > > > from=<jone001@hotmail.com>, size=0, class=0, > pri=0, > > > nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, relay=[208.254.57.2] > > Yes, this message is using your mail server > (otherwise your mail server > wouldn't have logged it.) > All this message means is that your mail server > accepted an e-mail from > jone001@hotmail.com of size 0 (!). > > > You have to find all lines which have the string > EAA24444 in it. > > If you have them, post them here and more > information can be given > > about it. > > Absolutely. The other lines with EAA24444 will show > you who the message was > to. If it isn't someone who has a mailbox on your > server, then your server > is being used as an open relay, which doesn't > contribute to the decline of > e-mail spam. > > -- > Matt Emmerton > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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