Hello all, What is the best way of dealing with pests like this?
Apr 7 12:52:40 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[24765]: lost connection after AUTH from unknown[78.188.45.153] Apr 7 12:52:41 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[9398]: lost connection after AUTH from unknown[78.188.45.153] Apr 7 12:52:42 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[11788]: lost connection after AUTH from unknown[78.188.45.153] Apr 7 12:52:42 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[1519]: lost connection after AUTH from unknown[78.188.45.153] Apr 7 12:52:42 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[25494]: lost connection after AUTH from unknown[78.188.45.153] Apr 7 12:52:42 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[8085]: lost connection after AUTH from unknown[78.188.45.153] Apr 7 12:52:43 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[17639]: lost connection after AUTH from unknown[78.188.45.153] Apr 7 12:52:43 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[20617]: lost connection after AUTH from unknown[78.188.45.153] And on and on and on for another hundred or so lines Note that I don't advertise or accept 'AUTH' on this server: 250-polyphemus.xiphosura.co.uk 250-SIZE 10240000 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250 8BITMIME AUTH 503 5.5.1 Error: authentication not enabled Should I just ignore this, or is there a way of preventing/ameliorating this abuse in Postfix? My system seems to cope with it OK, but it does rather annoy me. I'm using Postfix 2.10.1 Regards, Richard
