Velvet Pixel wrote: > > Whoa that's a lot of unauthorized people trying to connect!
If you run a publicly available mail server, you've authorized the world connect. > Is it normal to have tons of unauthorized connect attempts in this > wonderful world of spammers looking for a hole? Yes sadly, and yes. > I have hundreds of groupings like this which add up to thousands of > attempts per day: Isn't mail fun. > > Jul 29 10:42:05 vps postfix/smtpd[28365]: warning: 91.196.61.254: > hostname vpn-91.196.61.254.uch.net verification failed: Name or service > not known > Jul 29 10:42:05 vps postfix/smtpd[28365]: connect from > unknown[91.196.61.254] > Jul 29 10:42:07 vps postfix/smtpd[28365]: 011185A087AC: > client=unknown[91.196.61.254] > Jul 29 10:42:09 vps postfix/smtpd[28365]: disconnect from > unknown[91.196.61.254] > > Should I just ignore these or is there something I can do to block them? > Post output from postconf -n and you'll get lots of good feedback about how to configure your anti-spam measures. MrC
