From owner-freebsd-security Tue Sep 21 15:50:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from frmug.org (frmug-gw.frmug.org [193.56.58.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8D681545D for ; Tue, 21 Sep 1999 15:50:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by frmug.org (8.9.3/frmug-2.5/nospam) with UUCP id AAA20392 for security@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 00:50:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix, from userid 101) id A42CE8711; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 00:39:45 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 00:39:45 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hackers? Message-ID: <19990922003945.A68471@keltia.freenix.fr> Mail-Followup-To: security@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3.0.5.32.19990921145047.013e24b0@staff.sentex.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT/ELF ctm#5593 AMD-K6 MMX @ 200 MHz Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org According to Mr. K.: > I think I figured out what is happening. The relaying is indeed getting > denied, but unfortunately some of the spammers software is waiting blindly > for a positive response (and thus keeping a connection until they time Ditch sendmail and install Postfix[1]. It has more anti-spam controls than sendmail, is easier to install and maintain and has features to prevent this kind of behaviour. Do it now. Really. [1] -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #74: Thu Sep 9 00:20:51 CEST 1999 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message