Re: badmail
- From: "steve alcock" <steve.alcock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:27:28 -0000
Mike another point :-
They do not use public folders, and the only e-mails in / out are
handled by netscape interface so how come badmail etx are full I am
under the impression that only if you are using exchange server mail
would the problem arise re bad mails etc or am I wrong on this point
?????
Steve
Calder House
Spring Lane
Colne
Lancs
BB8 9BD
www.calderglen.net
phone : +44 (0) 1282 871717
-----Original Message-----
From: A. M. Salim [mailto:msalim@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 23 November 2004 14:36
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] Re: badmail
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Hi,
> Yesterday I posted badmail, queue and pickup directories are full to
> busting of files and I am assuming it is due to the sdbot virus, can
> this be confirmed and also that the only way to " empty " these
> directories is to take the server off the internet until clear then
> delete the virus, there is no other reason for these folders being
full
> is there ?????
There are many many reasons for those dirs filling up, not just the
sdbot
virus.
The queue dir will fill up if someone or some process is trying to send
out masses of emails, either zillions of small emails or a lot of huge
emails.
The badmail dir will fill up when the recipient email address is bad and
you have zillions of such messages. This can be caused because you
simply
do not bother to regularly clean out the badmail dir and it has now
filled
up, or because there is someone or some process sending out masses of
bad
emails.
While all signs appear pointing to your current virus infection, I would
hesitate to say that it is the only reason.
I am curious: you say that your server has been infected by a virus and
yet you seem reluctant to re-install the system and appear to be looking
for a way to get the system clean again without re-installing.
If you want to be rid of the virus, you have to figure out what practice
caused the server to be infected. A server should not get infected just
because virus-laden emails are being transmitted through it. Someone
had
to sit there and click on the virus message and open and execute the
file,
or download something bad from the Internet. Is someone using your
server
as if it is their personal workstation, and has installed Outlook on it
and is reading their email, downloading this and that, etc.? It may be
worth looking into these things so it does not happen again.
best regards
Mike
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