From owner-freebsd-isp Sun May 31 10:44:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA19038 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Sun, 31 May 1998 10:44:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.keyworld.net (root@mail.keyworld.net [194.21.164.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA18993 for ; Sun, 31 May 1998 10:43:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from psycho@keyworld.net) Received: from chrism (ppp71.keyworld.net [194.21.164.134]) by mail.keyworld.net (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id TAA06603; Sun, 31 May 1998 19:25:15 +0200 Message-Id: <199805311725.TAA06603@mail.keyworld.net> From: "Christopher Martin at Home" To: "Karl Pielorz" , Subject: Re: SMTP Relay probing - Should I follow up - advice? Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 19:18:51 +0200 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org We have recently been victims of a large scale use of our SMTP server as relay for spamming. I suggest you find out who they are (discreetly) and sue them when the anti-ICBE law comes into effect. Is it already illegal in the US? We are in Malta. -- Christopher Martin BDM -KeyWORLD http://www.keyworld.net ---------- > From: Karl Pielorz > To: isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: SMTP Relay probing - Should I follow up - advice? > Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 1:05 PM > > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message