[Cialug] Postfix issue

[Jon Clemons]

Do you have a formmail script on there??
Look are your apache server logs it should show what
script is being called over and over.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Bibbs" <tony@tonybibbs.com>
To: <cialug@cialug.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Postfix issue


> nothing right now, I deleted the deferred queue when I found out there 
> were 21,000 messages.  All the problems are with the apache user.  Some 
> script on my box is being misused...now I just need to find the needle 
> in the haystack.
> 
> --Tony
> 
> Jon Clemons wrote:
>> What is the output of mailq|wc -l
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Bibbs" <tony@tonybibbs.com>
>> To: <cialug@cialug.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 2:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Postfix issue
>> 
>> 
>>> k, open relay isn't it...I just tested it.  Must be something else 
>>> (sigh).
>>>
>>> --Tony
>>>
>>> Anthony Jeffries wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, May 22, 2005 9:22, Tony Bibbs said:
>>>>
>>>>> Got an issue where undue strain is being put on my server by postfix.
>>>>> When it isn't running the load is around .27 but when it is running 
>>>>> it's
>>>>> up to near 5 at times.  I'm pouring through the logs and the first 
>>>>> thing
>>>>> I notice is a *ton* of these sorts of entries:
>>>>>
>>>>> May 22 09:17:14 iowaoutdoors postfix/smtp[15805]: 192922CD35B:
>>>>> to=<luna_pi@click21.com.br>, 
>>>>> relay=mail3.click21.com.br[200.255.27.137],
>>>>> delay=391139, status=sent (250 Ok: queued as 6D160AB60C)
>>>>>
>>>>> They happen one right after another just a few seconds apart.  I'm 
>>>>> not a
>>>>> mail server admin (which is my problem, I'm sure) but what does this 
>>>>> mean?
>>>>>
>>>>> --Tony
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tony,
>>>>
>>>> I think either your server is trying to send a bunch of bounces due to
>>>> someone spamming non-existent accounts at your domain, or you have an 
>>>> open
>>>> relay.
>>>>
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