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I think my sme is being used to send spam?

Offline jameswilson

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I think my sme is being used to send spam?
« on: August 24, 2010, 12:30:47 PM »
Im getting funny failed messages.
Im assuming one of the websites on it, or a user account has been compromised.
How can i tell where these mails are originating from?

ie user on smtps or website / ibay, and which one?

Ta
James

Offline Stefano

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Re: I think my sme is being used to send spam?
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2010, 12:34:27 PM »
first of all disconnect your SME from wan..
if one (I guess PHP) site has been compromised, you are likely spamming..

Offline jameswilson

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Re: I think my sme is being used to send spam?
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2010, 12:37:11 PM »
already done that.

Offline Stefano

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Re: I think my sme is being used to send spam?
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2010, 12:38:58 PM »
thank you ;-)

how do the site(s) send email? do you use some kind of auth?

I suggest you to create separate users, one for each site..

Offline byte

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Re: I think my sme is being used to send spam?
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2010, 12:53:28 PM »
How can i tell where these mails are originating from?

Check the the /var/log/qmail, /var/log/qpsmtpd and /var/log/sqpsmtpd, this will show every mail transaction. Also change the password immediately of all users if you want to be on the safe side.

Can you tell us more ? is it a client workstation ? What version of SME Server are you using ?
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