[mdlug] Anyone familiar with Qmail. I need some help.

[Jim]

Jim wrote:
> I run a Qmail server using netqmail-1.05. This server has been running 
> along fine until
> about the last 3 months. Now I find myself in a never ending pit of 
> spam. I have firewalled off about 10 different
> countries in there entirety. I have throttled NEW email connections to 
> about 3 per minute per IP address
> via the firewall. I use spamdyke to handle the RBL DNS block lists as 
> well as local blocklists.  For some reason
> and I am not sure why I am still getting a gazillion bounces.  What is 
> weird  is  is that  these  bounces are not
> even targeted at my  domain. I call them bounce spam. I have been over 
> my qmail configs files till I cannot stand looking
> at them. For some reason my system is not rejecting these emails but is 
> instead feeding them into the bounce facility.
> It's driving me nuts as it pretty much hangs up outgoing mail while 
> qmail-remote trys to send out the bounces. Sometimes thousands at a time 
> are hung up in the queue not to mention the thousands of double bounces 
> that are in my mailbox as well. I can delete the messages in the queue 
> but this wipes out legitimate outgoing email as well.
> Has anyone seen this problem or have experience with it? I'm baffled.
>
>
> Jim B.
>
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Oh yes and I have made sure that the system is NOT an OPEN relay.

Jim B.