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Re: Mail errors or attacks?



On Monday 24 May 2010 22:57:12 debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org 
wrote:
> > I get a zillion of these, every single day, about every 5 minutes or so:
> > 
> > 2010-05-24 15:05:38 SMTP call from localhost (dovidhalevi) [127.0.0.1]
> > dropped: too many syntax or protocol errors (last command was "MAIL
> > FROM:<jameswellington000.org@[71.121.223.194]>  SIZE=8814")
> > 
> > I am running exim4 heavy on a Sid box.
> > 
> > Exim shows no stuck messages or such. How can I stop this?
> 
> Is dovidhalevi in your domain?  What about 71.121.223.194?
> 
> Incoming mail or outgoing?

I assume these are incoming from 71.121.223.194, jameswellington000.org.
Or this message somehow is stuck in limbo and being processed over and over 
(it is always the same size, for example).

The dovidhalevi is my machine name, localhost.


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