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At 09:59 AM 10/7/99 -0700, John D. Hardin wrote:
>On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Brian Tuley wrote:
>
>> Oct 7 08:34:37 linbad identd[891]: from: 24.220.1.10 ( 24.220.1.10 )
for: 62551, 110
>> Oct 7 08:34:37 linbad identd[891]: Returned: 62551 , 110 : NO-USER
>
>24.220.1.10 is asking your system: "Who owns the process talking to me
>on port 62551 -> port 110"? Port 110 is POP3. Are you running a mail
>retriever? Probably not, since your identd is returning "NO-USER".
>It's possible that the POP server on that system has gone insane. You
>might want to let your ISP know.
>
I think it might be more likely that you're checking mail from behind a
masq, and not from your dialout box. Your dialout box doesn't know you're
checking mail, so it answeres NO-USER. I get this all the time on mine,
since I have my mac checking my mail every 15 minutes.
--Doug
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