RE: stopping a spammer

2009-01-23 Thread Glen Johnson
Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Fri 1/23/2009 1:13 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer And the "really big boys" have many MX records with different weights that give out different values depending on the source IP addre

RE: stopping a spammer

2009-01-23 Thread Don Andrews
Frequently you can consider the secondary to be a spam honeypot. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 10:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer And the "really big boys"

RE: stopping a spammer

2009-01-23 Thread Michael B. Smith
hp -Original Message- From: Don Andrews [mailto:don.andr...@safeway.com] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 1:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer Not the case here - we have 2 internet feeds at separate datacenters/carriers - each has a pair of equally weighted

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2009-01-23 Thread Don Andrews
, January 23, 2009 5:57 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer > Then I lose my failover to the mail server (direct connect) > in case the 'cuda goes offline. The days of the "backup MX" are long gone. And it's really no loss-think about it:

RE: stopping a spammer

2009-01-23 Thread Exchange (Sunbelt)
Perhaps in your environment it is not required. I can assure you though, that you are in the minority -Original Message- From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:jasongu...@npumail.com] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 9:57 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer > The

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2009-01-23 Thread Jason Gurtz
> Then I lose my failover to the mail server (direct connect) > in case the 'cuda goes offline. The days of the "backup MX" are long gone. And it's really no loss-think about it: if your MX is unavailable, senders will queue mail (typically for several days) until it comes back online and then r

RE: stopping a spammer

2009-01-21 Thread Carl Houseman
SMTP virtual server log - may need to turn up the detail on what's recorded. Also check for login failures in the security event log. Carl From: Jake Gardner [mailto:jgard...@ttcdas.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:46 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a sp

RE: stopping a spammer

2009-01-21 Thread Jake Gardner
rson.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:12 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer In my experience with the iPhone, they change their IP almost every time they connect to the cellular network. Also, what's the reason behind having them connect using SMTP as

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2009-01-21 Thread Jake Gardner
Administrator Ext. 246 From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:28 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer If you have SMTP relaying enabled for authorized SMTP, then your AD account passwords are weak

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2009-01-21 Thread Carl Houseman
:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:09 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer You only have a single MX record anyway - and that goes to the barracuda. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/

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2009-01-21 Thread Andrew Greene
tacts. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:52 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer When you put that secondary MX back up the spammers will bypass

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2009-01-21 Thread David McSpadden
ubject: RE: stopping a spammer Yea, that's where the spam is going, not coming from. I checked one of the att iphones here and it's IP address belongs to Verizon? The ip addresses only share the class A portion of 71. Thanks, Jake Gardner TTC Network Adminis

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2009-01-21 Thread Jake Gardner
From: Scot Parsons [mailto:spars...@scetv.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:55 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer Yeah. Vtext.com is Verizon texting. From: David McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:50 PM To: MS-Exch

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2009-01-21 Thread Scot Parsons
Yeah. Vtext.com is Verizon texting. From: David McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:50 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer The logs do look like texting or webmail entries from a phone. From: Jake

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2009-01-21 Thread David McSpadden
The logs do look like texting or webmail entries from a phone. From: Jake Gardner [mailto:jgard...@ttcdas.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer I pulled the extra MX a couple months

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2009-01-21 Thread Kennedy, Jim
When you put that secondary MX back up the spammers will bypass your Cuda. From: Jake Gardner [mailto:jgard...@ttcdas.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer I pulled the extra MX a couple months ago when the cuda came online

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2009-01-21 Thread Jake Gardner
e.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:09 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer You only have a single MX record anyway - and that goes to the barracuda. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/

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2009-01-21 Thread Michael B. Smith
ilto:jgard...@ttcdas.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer Then I lose my failover to the mail server (direct connect) in case the 'cuda goes offline. Thanks, Jake Gardner TTC Network Administrator Ext. 246

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2009-01-21 Thread Jake Gardner
hange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer First thing. Block port 25 incoming and outgoing on the firewall to everything except the cuda. From: Jake Gardner [mailto:jgard...@ttcdas.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 1:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: stopping a spammer

RE: stopping a spammer

2009-01-21 Thread Michael B. Smith
S-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: stopping a spammer First thing. Block port 25 incoming and outgoing on the firewall to everything except the cuda. From: Jake Gardner [mailto:jgard...@ttcdas.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 1:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: stopping

RE: stopping a spammer

2009-01-21 Thread Glen Johnson
First thing. Block port 25 incoming and outgoing on the firewall to everything except the cuda. From: Jake Gardner [mailto:jgard...@ttcdas.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 1:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: stopping a spammer I'm at a loss here and need some help. I h