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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: randy <randy@turbowarp.net>
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Subject: Re: "Rejected Mail Hosts"
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On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 09:06:36AM -0400, randy wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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

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