RE: Did I send that? (reading postfix logs)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emma Jane Hogbin [mailto:emmajane@xtrinsic.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 2:44 PM
> To: debian-user
> Subject: Did I send that? (reading postfix logs)
>
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I'm just scanning through my /var/log/mail.log and am
> confused by some of
> the entries...I should note that I'm on a laptop, connected to a home
> network (no firewall, but no other people at home right now).
>
> Aug 29 15:07:00 debian postfix/smtp[3728]: 8B6FB3A5E2:
> to=<71mogv@yahoo.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=1,
> status=sent
> (250 Ok: queued as EA01E26226)
>
> Here's another:
> Aug 29 13:53:51 debian postfix/smtp[3562]: 07C353A654:
> to=<glang_kg@tlab.ch>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=1,
> status=sent
> (250 Ok: queued as 4DF482625C)
>
> I have no idea who this email is... I use mutt for my email
> client so I
> never think twice about viruses. Any idea what I'm seeing in my log
> files? I don't have an ssh server or telnet running on my
> machine so I'm
> not sure how someone would get "in" to be relaying spam
> through my laptop.
> (Mostly I'm just ignorant to the ways of spammers and viruses though.)
>
> thanks,
> emma
>
> --
> Emma Jane Hogbin
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>
>
SPAM relaying would not need telnet or anything like that to work. You
would just need a poorly (i.e. default settings) configured MTA that will
relay mail for ~any~ domain instead of just the local domains you really
want.
-Jason
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