We had that problem 2 a while back when our server was receiving thousands
of messages in a matter of minutes following a similar format
[EMAIL PROTECTED] :((

Wire

> The secondary server is under attack by spammers so its access was shut
> down.
> For some reason the spammers thaink there are tens of thousands of
> people with a kym.net address so they send every name starting with
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] and that is thousands and thousands directly to the
> secondary MX for relaying to kym.net.
>
> This is slowing down the secondary tremendously by queueing so many
> mails.
>
> A new secondary is being sought.
>
> Kiggs
>
> On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 10:21, Mark Tinka wrote:
>> I think there's a problem with one of the (secondary) MX servers for the
>> list.
>> A couple of times a month I get these errors (most recent was last
>> night):
>>
>> *************
>>
>> 2004-08-31 18:03:59 1C2B1d-0004ik-T8 ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup
>> T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT
>> TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: host sms.ugandatelecom.com [213.177.165.17]: 554
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Recipient address rejected: Relay access denied
>>
>> 2004-08-31 18:04:14 1C2B1d-0004ik-T8 ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup
>> T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT
>> TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> host spice.eahd.or.ug [212.88.97.141]: 550 relay not permitted
>>
>> *************
>>
>> Kiggs, maybe you could check this out.
>>
>> Mark.
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