[tor-talk] [Need quick help] 30+ mbps node taken down by host

2012-07-04 Thread Name Withheld
Hello, My VPS fast tor exit got taken down by the host today for sending spam emails. Apparently the upstream provider complained to them about it. I thought SMTP was supposed to be disabled by default in the tor config, but apparently my node was sending stuff through (even though I didn't

Re: [tor-talk] [Need quick help] 30+ mbps node taken down by host

2012-07-04 Thread morphium
Hi, you are right, SMTP is blocked by default. But people can i.e. access hotmail.com via webinterface (where your IP is then put into the mail as originating IP aswell) or use SMTP on secure ports (but that mostly comes with authentication, I guess). You should ask your provider to get the mail

Re: [tor-talk] [Need quick help] 30+ mbps node taken down by host

2012-07-04 Thread Name Withheld
Thank you for the response. Unfortunately, it looks like this might be an impossible problem to solve, since they followed it up and said it's forum spam and hack attempts, not just email spam. Basically, my node is pushing more traffic than most, so it's getting more abuse, faster (even

Re: [tor-talk] [Need quick help] 30+ mbps node taken down by host

2012-07-04 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 07:32:58PM -1000, Name Withheld wrote: Hello, My VPS fast tor exit got taken down by the host today for sending spam emails. Apparently the upstream provider complained to them about it. I thought SMTP was supposed to be disabled by default in the tor config,

Re: [tor-talk] [Need quick help] 30+ mbps node taken down by host

2012-07-04 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 12:36:36AM -1000, Name Withheld wrote: Thank you for the response. Unfortunately, it looks like this might be an impossible problem to solve, since they followed it up and said it's forum spam and hack attempts, not just email spam. Basically, my node So they're