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Date:      Mon, 25 May 1998 12:05:53 +0100
From:      Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>
To:        isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   SMTP Relay probing - Should I follow up - advice?
Message-ID:  <35695091.FE0ACF50@tdx.co.uk>

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Hi All,

This isn't strictly FreeBSD relates, but it is very ISP related...

I've just checked through my morning security logs, and suprise, suprise our
entire address space was scanned again lastnight for SMTP relays... Theres
loads of firewall logs for SMTP connects to machines we don't allow SMTP to,
and on the machines we do allow SMTP to - in the logs are loads of sendmail
catches for 'Relaying Unavailable' (the message we send to people trying to
relay)...

My question is - I have the IP address these came from, they are a Spamming
Company by the look of it, and to be honest I'm sick of this sort of
thing...

Is it worth me mailing the people? - Or should I just be grateful we weren't
used as a relay and let them be?

I'm just annoyed a company that obviously has set out to specialise in
spam/electronic mailing lists doesn't even use it's own servers to send the
damned stuff out...

Annoyed...

Karl Pielorz

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