Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 00:03:44 -0600 (CST) From: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: sendmail morons Message-ID: <199812130603.AAA14915@home.dragondata.com>
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Somehow, we're on some spam software's list of open relays, I think. We aren't open to relaying, but people sure try. I'm guessing this is a bug in the software, but... when it can't relay, it leaves the connection open, then goes and tries again, and again..... root 14170 0.0 1.2 636 736 ?? I 11:47PM 0:00.02 sendmail: server guy78@van-wa1-17.ix.netcom.com [205.184.177.49] cmd read (sendmail) root 14191 0.0 1.2 636 736 ?? I 11:48PM 0:00.02 sendmail: server guy78@van-wa1-17.ix.netcom.com [205.184.177.49] cmd read (sendmail) root 14205 0.0 1.2 636 736 ?? I 11:48PM 0:00.02 sendmail: server guy78@van-wa1-17.ix.netcom.com [205.184.177.49] cmd read (sendmail) root 14239 0.0 1.2 636 736 ?? I 11:49PM 0:00.02 sendmail: server guy78@van-wa1-17.ix.netcom.com [205.184.177.49] cmd read (sendmail) root 14258 0.0 1.2 636 736 ?? I 11:49PM 0:00.02 sendmail: server guy78@van-wa1-17.ix.netcom.com [205.184.177.49] cmd read (sendmail) root 14271 0.0 1.2 636 736 ?? I 11:50PM 0:00.03 sendmail: server guy78@van-wa1-17.ix.netcom.com [205.184.177.49] cmd read (sendmail) root 14324 0.0 1.2 636 736 ?? I 11:50PM 0:00.02 sendmail: server guy78@van-wa1-17.ix.netcom.com [205.184.177.49] cmd read (sendmail) root 14350 0.0 1.2 636 736 ?? I 11:50PM 0:00.02 sendmail: server guy78@van-wa1-17.ix.netcom.com [205.184.177.49] cmd read (sendmail) root 14371 0.0 1.2 636 736 ?? I 11:51PM 0:00.02 sendmail: server guy78@van-wa1-17.ix.netcom.com [205.184.177.49] cmd read (sendmail) root 14389 0.0 1.2 636 736 ?? I 11:51PM 0:00.02 sendmail: server van-wa1-17.ix.netcom.com [205.184.177.49] cmd read (sendmail) root 14417 0.0 1.2 636 736 ?? I 11:52PM 0:00.02 sendmail: server guy78@van-wa1-17.ix.netcom.com [205.184.177.49] cmd read (sendmail) root 14427 0.0 1.2 636 736 ?? I 11:52PM 0:00.02 sendmail: server van-wa1-17.ix.netcom.com [205.184.177.49] cmd read (sendmail) root 14443 0.0 1.2 636 736 ?? I 11:53PM 0:00.02 sendmail: server van-wa1-17.ix.netcom.com [205.184.177.49] cmd read (sendmail) I'll end up with hundreds of these sometimes.. They timeout in 15-20 mins, but my server is thrashing so badly at that point, it's unusable. Anyone see this? Anyone know what I can do? Sendmail is almost always sitting in 'cmd read' or 'child wait'. Kevin Day DragonData To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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