From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (nat-pix.rdu.redhat.com [10.255.18.200]) by listman.rdu-colo.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h4ML6M531239 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 17:06:22 -0400 Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h4ML6ul07405 for blinux-list@listman.rdu-colo.redhat.com; Thu, 22 May 2003 17:06:56 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id h4ML6uI07393 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 17:06:56 -0400 Received: from princenet.sytes.net (IDENT:0@rdu74-132-037.nc.rr.com [24.74.132.37]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id h4ML6uH10515 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 17:06:56 -0400 Received: from princenet.sytes.net (IDENT:1000@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by princenet.sytes.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h4ML6urD022023 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 17:06:56 -0400 Received: from localhost (lorenzo@localhost) by princenet.sytes.net (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id h4ML6uan022020 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 17:06:56 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 17:06:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Lorenzo Prince To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE/HELP (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I need someone's help on this if at all possible. I need to know how I can set my Sendmail or Pine or something to automatically reject and/or bounce messages like the one below. I will spare you the entire message and just post a small part of the message that will hopefully be enough to understand the nature of this scam/spam that I get in my inbox nearly every day. I also need to find out if my SMTP relay is open and how to close it if it is. When I send messages to roadrunner mailboxes, they get bounced back and say something about security. Well, here is a piece of the type of messages I need to have bounced before I see them. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 20:56:11 +0100 From: MRS AMINA MOHAMMED Reply-To: mrsaminamohammed2003@surfy.net To: lorenzo@princenet.sytes.net Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE/HELP Dear Friend Greetings !! I come to you with a sincere heart believing in Almighty God that you will consider my plight and come to help and also benefit from me. I am Mrs. Amina Mohammed, cousin and Personal Assistant to former Nigeria Head of State, Late General Sanni Abacha who died on the 8th July 1998 while in power. Before I proceed please accept my apology for the embarrassment this mail might cause you for coming from a total stranger who you do not know. Actually I got your contact from the Internet; please do not feel bad about it because I am compelled to reach you due to urgent need to safeguard the money in question. (...*snip*...) This message goes on and on forever, well, about two or three more pages of this mess. I saw a message similar to this forwarded to another list as a warning that it was a scam, but I never got anything like this untill I started using Sendmail and Linux to host my own mail server, so that is one of the reasons that I think I may have an open relay. Any help on closing my relay and bouncing these unwanted messages would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Lorenzo So in the future, one 'client' at a time or you'll be spending CPU time with lots of little 'child processes'. -- Kevin M. Bealer, commenting on the private life of a Linux nerd