RE: Server help!! Possible comprimised over 6000 NDRs!!!! HELP!

  • From: "John Tolmachoff \(Lists\)" <johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 19:01:55 -0700

Your exchange server is almost positive a open relay. 

 

You need to disallow relay right now.

 

What is the domain of your exchange server and the IP address and I can
test.

 

John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA

Engineer/Consultant

eServices For You

www.eservicesforyou.com

 

-----Original Message-----
From: KEN MORRIS [mailto:KMORRIS@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:52 PM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: Server help!! Possible comprimised over 6000 NDRs!!!! HELP!
Importance: High

 

Hello,

As Exchange Admin (with little training unfortunately) I recieve the NDR's.
Today I have recieved over 6000 NRD's all with subjects, email addresses
both send and recieve that are not a part of our domain.
I have checked to ensure that spoofing is disabled, yet I cannot figure out
how we are being used. 

I can forward on one of the NRD's to anyone. I have not been able to figure
a way to check the headers on the NDR. Here is a copy of the text for one of
the NDR's:

The following recipient(s) could not be reached: 

  cathyb76@xxxxxxxxxxx on 9/23/2003 9:43 PM
  There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email server.
Please contact your system administrator.
  <server.company #5.5.0 smtp;550 Requested action not taken: mailbox
unavailable> 

I figure that by morning, my inbox will be once again filled, could you
please forward any questions to k2keener@xxxxxxxxxxx  as well as the list. I
do not want to loose any responses. 

Thanks

Ken

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