It's because of idiots like me. A few weeks ago, I decided to use my server at home to host my own smtp server. I was tired of mail spending hours and sometimes days going between RR's mail servers. I went with Postfix and spent a fair amount of time testing my configuration. I tested my server from a number of the open relay test sites and it passed all of them.
This morning, I noticed that a message I had sent to another list had not shown up. I logged in and did 'postqueue -p'. The screen just kept scrolling and scrolling. There were 64k messages in my incoming queue. I was baffled. Well, it turns out I had made a small config mistake and I was open to relaying from .nc.rr.com. Some spam bot inside nc.rr.com had found me and was pumping mail through. I have fixed my mistake, but have also thrown up the shields(iptables) while I rethink the mail server idea. You can't test enough. Ken -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."--Benjamin Franklin " 'Necessity' is the plea for every infringement of human liberty; it is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."--William Pitt
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