Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:41:35 +0800 (WST) From: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> To: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail morons Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812131440360.23872-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <199812130603.AAA14915@home.dragondata.com>
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On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, Kevin Day wrote: > Somehow, we're on some spam software's list of open relays, I think. We > aren't open to relaying, but people sure try. > > I'm guessing this is a bug in the software, but... when it can't relay, it > leaves the connection open, then goes and tries again, and again..... [snippity] > I'll end up with hundreds of these sometimes.. They timeout in 15-20 mins, > but my server is thrashing so badly at that point, it's unusable. > > Anyone see this? Anyone know what I can do? Yes, I added the IP to our local database of blocked ip's. The server returns a permission denied error (550). > Sendmail is almost always sitting in 'cmd read' or 'child wait'. Eventually, it will timeout. Regards, d. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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