On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 14:52 -0500, JimD wrote: > On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:12:28 -0800 > "Kevin O'Gorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I get a lot of bounce messages from Postfix relating to emails > > that are not actually from me, and the mail q shows lots of > > stuff I don't recognize. > > > > I'd like to know how to interpret this, and if it is called-for, > > to secure this daemon a bit more. > > Try this link: > http://www.spamhelp.org/shopenrelay/ > > Just put in the IP and port and click the button.
which automatically notifies a list of spammers that they can use your mail server... no not really ;) Do you have a firewall? Should your box be accessible from outside? You could lock it down so _no_one_ outside can access it, or you could restrict it to certain ip's... But I also get a few bounce messages "from me" about emails I never wrote - once your email address is out there, spammers use it as their from address, even if they're not using your mail server for a relay. sucks. -- Iain Buchanan <iain at netspace dot net dot au> A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
