Re: Problems with lots of spam appearing from inet@microsoft.com

From: Stefan Engelbert (stefan_at_engelbert.de)
Date: 12/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:51:54 +0100

First of all I would unplug the network. Otherwise u soon have thousands of
mails
in the queue.
Then I would check/find out the sending IP Number of that mail. You can look
into
the mime theader of these mails.
Then you add these IPs either to your firewall or to your virtual server
filter.
Ideally you would also look for an AntiSPAM Solution which can deal with
your problem like rejecting or not accepting these connections.
Stefan

"Stuart Luscombe" <stuart.luscombeNOSPAM@actifgroup.com> wrote in message
news:4BA1049C-AB75-40C4-B7BF-754AF6D94287@microsoft.com...
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm running a single exchange 2000 server for my employer and over the
past
> few hours we have been getting a message from inet@microsoft.com which is
> not actually directed at any one in the company. I'm sure it's not coming
from
> Microsoft at all, but I am receiving a new one to the queue every 10
seconds
> or
> so. I would prefer to just block the address from having anything queue on
the
> server but cannot work out how to do this or setup a rule so that the mail
> falls
> into the same black hole I have setup for any NDR's that come in.
>
> Any ideas would be most appreciated, as the queue is currently at 575
> messages and climbing every second.
>
> --
> Stuart Luscombe
> Systems Administrator
> Actif Group plc
> http://www.actifgroup.com

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