Interesting note, exactly 100 addresses? That seems unusual in and of it's
self. My vote is spam from some canned spam list or program.
Kevin Childers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] HELP WITH LOG FILE
> > I found this in my log file today, I was wandering if someone
> > could help me out (are we getting spammed? if so why did it
> > not send to every user on this host?)
>
> Is someone relaying through you? No, since the addresses are on your
server.
>
> Is it incoming spam? Quite possible. Do all/most of those users exist?
If so, then it is likely just incoming spam.
>
> The other likely option is a "dictionary attack", where they aren't really
sending any E-mail, they are just gathering a list of acceptable E-mail
addresses on your server by making educated guesses.
>
> >01:04 14:49 SMTPD(018100A8) [63.27.1.243] HELO mail.digisys.net
>
> FYI, that IP address (63.27.1.243) is listed in DUL, so if you were using
our Declude software or Len's IMGate, you could have prevented it from being
delivered.
>
>
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> -Scott
>
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