Get formmail version 1.9. Everything earlier than that has major security problems. ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:21 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SPAM / DOS attack -- from Virginia
> > >For now, I blocked the IP in IIS. We'll see if that helps > > That's going to help today, but not tomorrow. You *must* get that fixed; > you're probably already on one of the several spam lists now. Blocking the > one IP (or one IP range) will make it harder for that one spammer, but > others WILL find you. > > Also, you should fix your backup mailserver -- it's rejecting all mail sent > to it (BTW, *everyone* should check their backup mailserver -- I'd guess > about 30% or so bounce all mail sent to 'em -- that's worse than having no > backup). > > -Scott > --- > Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for > IMail. http://www.declude.com > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
