Author: Rossz Vamos-Wentworth Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] Authentiaction
> 2003-09-17 13:09:40 Authentication failed for (abc.com)
[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]: > 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=mail@???)
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> I am getting thousand of this line in exim main.log file, it already started 1 hour ago ... what do you guys think about that ?
Possibly someone trying to brute force an account. I'd block their
ip address completely if I were you.
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I don't think so. Legal notices attached to email will be properly
ignored.