From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 25 13:29:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0398916A440 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 13:29:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95F6D43D48 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 13:29:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3A5D5E80; Thu, 25 May 2006 09:29:14 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ezLc1s905lEJ; Thu, 25 May 2006 09:29:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.251] (pool-68-160-242-211.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.160.242.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75B155D0D; Thu, 25 May 2006 09:29:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4475B128.5000607@mac.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 09:29:12 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: User Gandalf References: <44758A50.10405@messias.qhigh.com> In-Reply-To: <44758A50.10405@messias.qhigh.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange messages in mail queue X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 13:29:18 -0000 User Gandalf wrote: > Hello, > > I might be offtopic... > I always get a long daily output from periodic. > > > Mail in local queue: > -Queue ID- --Size-- ----Arrival Time---- -Sender/Recipient------- > 1D3C91DD4AA 45937 Tue May 23 10:54:42 MAILER-DAEMON > (connect to onmail02.ongov.net[12.33.98.207]: Operation > timed out) > robinrandall@ongov.net > 571EC1DD443 28752 Thu May 25 00:40:30 MAILER-DAEMON > (connect to paramed.biz[204.251.15.174]: Operation > timed out) > nicholas@paramed.biz > C04121DD4A0 28736 Mon May 22 13:20:50 MAILER-DAEMON > (connect to pistonheads.biz[195.225.218.139]: Operation > timed out) > philip@pistonheads.biz > > and many others. Is this a breakin attempt? Or is this normal? I do > not know any of the e-mail addresses. > Thanks, It's undelivered SPAM which your mail server is trying to bounce back to the sending machine. In low quantities, it's annoying but harmless. In higher volumes, it can put a drag on or even DoS your SMTP box. Some combination of SpamAssassin, virus-scanning, Amavisd, or even greylisting will help.... -- -Chuck