Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:31:34 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: randy <randy@turbowarp.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Rejected Mail Hosts" Message-ID: <20020618113134.B80973@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20020618090338.P82692-100000@desert.turbowarp.net>; from randy@turbowarp.net on Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 09:06:36AM -0400 References: <20020618090338.P82692-100000@desert.turbowarp.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 09:06:36AM -0400, randy wrote: > Hello, > > While reviewing the daily logs, I happened to notice that I have miles and > miles of "rejected mail hosts" in the /var/log/maillog file. > > Who are these, where do they come from and why do I have so many? As long > as they are rejected do I care? Or is there more to do to protect myself? They're there because you're running a mail server/relay (perhaps inadvertently). You're either sending lots of mail that is getting rejected by the remote system, or someone is sending you lots of mail that is being rejected by yours. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9D3yFWry0BWjoQKURArNOAJ95ToA6KBztJDh07t/rMSPeUSbaBwCgyFUL hf/dIjD8pTx5hKHkDXeIqms= =A33q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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