RE: [PHP-WEBMASTER] Annoying little f.......s

> -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Quadling [mailto:rquadling@gmail.com] > Sent: woensdag 16 februari 2011 11:41 > To: PHP Webmaster ML > Subject: [PHP-WEBMASTER] Annoying little f.......s > > Hello all. > > I've been getting a _LOT_ of spam with the following in the header ... > > **snip** > > Is this really being routed through php.net? If so, is there a problem > with osu1.php.net? Open relay? Hack? Panic!!!! Hi, I've just tested this, and it does not appear to be an open relay. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- root@mattias:~# telnet osu1.php.net 25 Trying 140.211.166.39... Connected to osu1.php.net (140.211.166.39). Escape character is '^]'. 220-PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language 220-that is especially suited for Web development and can be 220-embedded into HTML. If you are new to PHP and want to get 220-some idea of how it works, try the introductory tutorial. 220-After that, check out the online manual, and the example 220-archive sites and some of the other resources available in 220-the links section. 220- 220-Do not send UBE to this server. 220- 220 mail.php.net ESMTP Ecelerity http://messagesystems.com/ HELO mydomain.be 250 osu1.php.net says HELO to **skipped**:58472 mail from: <mattias@nucleus.be> 250 MAIL FROM accepted rcpt to: <*skipped*@gmail.com> 550 5.7.1 relaying denied rcpt to: <mattias@nucleus.be> 550 5.7.1 relaying denied ^] telnet> quit Connection closed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- However, that does not exclude that there is a local script on that server sending them via localhost, which would usually allow all mails to be sent. Regards, Mattias