Re: [Exim] FYI address probe seen

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Author: Tony Earnshaw
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] FYI address probe seen
man, 2003-01-27 kl. 20:06 skrev John W Baxter:

> They're back, this time from 24.158.245.8.  And a different envelope sender
> local part pattern (sample):
>     okaaaa:rp
> Exim logs the : as a syntax error.  This one slowed our mail system enough
> that it triggered an alert from our round trip mail monitor, letting me see
> it in action.  Same netblock as before.  Sigh.


Firewall rule? Linux's Netfilter (2.4 and above) can cope with this sort
of thing beautifully - not more than that many new smtp connections per
time period, then block.

Best,

Tony

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