Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:52:58 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: And the abuse continues... Message-ID: <20020228155258.GB2699@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0202281044010.20307-100000@quartz.bos.dyndns.org> References: <20020228080046.A19627@freeze.org> <Pine.GSO.4.44.0202281044010.20307-100000@quartz.bos.dyndns.org>
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 10:45:08AM -0500, Tim Wilde wrote: > On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Jim Freeze wrote: > > > I own freebsdportal.com and 63.106.140.202 is mine. > > But, I have no connection to orbz.org, hootermul.ru or vmadmin.com. > > Well, the stuff from orbz.org is an automated relay tester. It's > harmless, and some would consider it to be a good thing; in theory, at > least, it will notify you if you happen to be running an open relay > without knowing it. Some of the various other ones may also be part of > the relay tests, or just random spammers doing their own relay scans. > It's a normal part of being a host on the Internet, and as long as your > mail server is secured, you should have nothing to worry about. > I would say, FYI, that at least 3 or 4 emails a day from this list, and I mean legit emails, not Spam, get flagged by my spam checker as being relayed through known spam relays. When I see they are legit I whitelist them, but even so..it continues. certain countries appear often, Russia for example. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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