>>> I finally resolved it by writing a filter for the SMTP server that >>> rejected all mail that was missing and X-Assp header. > > I don't think that's a solution; if someone was able to *directly* > reach your SMTP server w/o passing through ASSP I think you > had (and have, the filter won't solve them) worst problems than > just rejecting email; in that case it would be a good idea having > a look at the firewall filtering the ports and avoiding any host to > directly reach the SMTP server
Of course you are correct and I was aware that it was a hack but I had already triple checked the firewalls and the SMTP logs showed the connections coming from 127.0.0.1 which does not leave a lot to go on. As it was only one spammer that seemed to be getting through this way I was not going to waste more than a few hours on it. Trevor, are you still running XMail or have you moved on? If you had used my HowTo in the past then the thing we have in common is XMail so the fault could be there. Have you upgraded to 1.26? I'm happy to share my perl script with you as it definitely fixed the problem for me. Max... ------ Max Lyth 18 Grove Mews, London W6 7HS, UK Tel: +44 20 8741 8040 Mob: +44 777 44 222 40 http://www.maxlyth.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Assp-test mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-test
