Re: Exchange - Huge Problem,SMTP Relay?

From: Dazed Confused (noneastheyget_at_spammed.com)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 16:08:19 +0100

i thought sbs default setup did not relay mail..or maybe i mis uinderstood
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:15da101c41649$c37f2590$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> When you set up sbs it set up the smtp server and it is
> running as a service right now. Since you have probably
> not configured it, it can relay messages for anyone.
> Someone - a spammer - or several may have discovered this
> and are using it to send out messages.
> STOP your smtp service and set it manual not autonmatic so
> it doesn't start again when you re-boot. After stopping
> the smtp service and setting it to manual, then re-boot
> your system and see if it corrects the problem.
> You can then take the time to learn about how to stop
> relaying on the smtp server by configuring it properly
> before starting it...but if you intend to host the website
> externally and continue to use a third party email
> provider then you may just not want to run the smtp
> service ever.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi everything was going really well with our server til
> >yesterday afternoon. Since then we have had huge email
> >problems. We have sbs03 set up as pop3 as we have our web
> >site and email hosted externally. Yesterday morning and
> >again today we have had the same 3 people contacting us
> >tellings us that we are spamming them. Went into the
> >server and could notice nothing wrong. Did a complete
> >virus scan (norton/symantec)over the network (server & 4
> >computers) nothing showed up. Did the same with Adaware
> >again nothing. Just had a look at the messaage queue and
> >in that folder there is about 50 folders with each folder
> >containing 10's of messages..one has 2000 (this folder
> >has the name of the domain from one of the people
> >phoning). All folders use the SMTP protocol. I am lost I
> >have no idea what is going on...not even going to guess!
> >We now cannot access exchange, the pop3 connector is not
> >connecting it just hangs with the message that it is
> >getting email but nothing else happens and now we cannot
> >access the server remotely or exchange remotely. Can
> >anyone assist me? We would really appreciate it. Thanks
> >in advance.
> >.
> >

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