<div dir="ltr">Hi,<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Robert - elists <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists07@abbacomm.net">lists07@abbacomm.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"></span></font><p><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">If server is not compromised, just edit
the smtp configs to deny acceptance from that ip block</span></font></p></div></div></blockquote><div>The EXIM configurations are even more nightmarish than iptables, which at least made some sort of sense. I've been plugging the ip address into the various bad_sender bad_host etc files in the exim configuration directory but it's still not ignoring it. The EXIM smpt/MTA will still accept the connection, then check and realize hey something's not quite right, then issue a reject before the VNSL machine terminates the connection. So the server's still wasting resources handling tens of thousands of such transaction and chewing up log space at the same time.<br>
<br>Hence I have to resort to just blocking from iptables. <br><br>Of course, it could very well be my own admitted incompetence that I'm doing something wrong here so Exim is not working the way I expect. I'm very very wary about messing any deeper with the mail settings because a server that's obviously dead to the world is much easier to notice than client emails mysteriously disappearing for days due to bad config before they realize it.<br>
<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"></span></font></p>
<font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Why doesn't the server have an ILO
port or something to that effect?</span></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Well, my boss's a cheapskate and his clients are cheapskate so a couple of years back I was assigned the server administration job on top of my regular day role to setup the server with OTS parts. Hence the half baked setup based on a tight budget and whatever information I can glean from the internet and the good folks on forums and mailing lists. <br>
<br>So for the ILO? Well, only today did the term enter my mind. Although I did vaguely remember suggestions for a remote reboot button but it was beyond my know how to setup.<br><br> </div></div><br></div>