Re: Exchange 2000 Being used as Relay
From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 09/09/04
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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 09:52:25 -0400
Steve Louie wrote:
> I have Exchange 2000 Server SP3 on Windows 2000 SP4. There
> are message in my Exchange Queues going to domain names
> are are random and are not being sent from any users
> within our domain. When I open the property of these
> messages, it states that it's sent from
> postmaster@mydomain.com with an Envelope Recipients as
> SMTP: very-randon@random.com. I get about 75 messages a
> day and want to know where these messages are coming from
> and how.
Your server is sending an NDR - or trying to - and most likely to spammers.
Normal.
>
> First, where is the e-mail postmaster@mydomain.com address
> come from? It's not anywhere on my server.
It's your server.
>
> Second, I have the Default SMTP Virtual Server set to
> default, which MS calims, Open relay is closed. Right
> now, it's configured according to MS KB article 310380 and
> 310356.
>
> Users receive many SPAM mails. one of the user receive
> SPAMs that are sent to (on the TO filed) an e-mail address
> that is not in our network and yet it's going into his
> mailbox, example, billy@mydomain.com. I don't see that
> the message was BCC either. How is this occuring?
You can't see whether someone has been BCC'd. It's called 'blind' for a
reason. All you can know is that if the person got the message, and their
address isn't in the TO or CC field, they were BCC'd.
If you want to stop spam coming in, head it off at the pass with antispam
software or a third party service.
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