From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Dec 12 22:41:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA20171 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 22:41:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from excelsior.apana.org.au (excelsior.apana.org.au [203.11.114.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA20160 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 22:41:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dean@odyssey.apana.org.au) Received: from odyssey.apana.org.au (odyssey.apana.org.au [203.11.114.1]) by excelsior.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA03870; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:41:36 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from dean@odyssey.apana.org.au) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:41:35 +0800 (WST) From: Dean Hollister To: Kevin Day cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail morons In-Reply-To: <199812130603.AAA14915@home.dragondata.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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