On Fri, February 16, 2007 13:32, James B. Byrne wrote:
I am getting large numbers of these types of messages in my maillog files:
somehost.hotmail.com [65.54.246.97] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA
Possibly in relation to this problem I am seeing the following processes:
root 16758 1 0 13:17 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server dslb-088-070-014- root 16996 1 0 13:23 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server [41.248.11.84] cm root 17261 1 0 13:30 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server cm90166.red83-165 root 17423 1 0 13:35 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server saihou07.saisoft. root 17467 1 0 13:37 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server imf20aec.mail.bel root 17517 1 0 13:38 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server 71-37-44-219.tukw root 17529 1 0 13:39 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server 203-144-153-222.s root 17633 1 0 13:41 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: accepting connections root 17634 17633 0 13:41 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: ./l1FKUT3v010731 mail.gi smmsp 17641 1 0 13:41 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: Queue runner@01:00:00 fo root 17715 17633 0 13:44 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server 84-55-78-153.rev. root 17758 17633 0 13:45 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server smtp5.mundo-r.com root 17781 17633 0 13:46 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server saihou07.saisoft. root 17862 17633 0 13:48 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server imf16aec.mail.bel root 17863 17633 0 13:48 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server imf16aec.mail.bel root 17864 17633 0 13:48 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server imf16aec.mail.bel root 17866 17633 0 13:48 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server imf16aec.mail.bel root 17868 17633 0 13:48 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server imf16aec.mail.bel root 17869 17633 0 13:48 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server imf16aec.mail.bel root 17883 17633 0 13:48 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server cc154194-a.haaks1 root 17906 17633 0 13:49 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server 76.pool85-57-36.d root 17946 17633 0 13:50 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server [200.21.164.14] c root 18014 17633 0 13:51 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server host86-143-148-10 root 18167 17633 0 13:55 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: server 206-81-246-201.ad root 18219 17633 0 13:56 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with simmts2-srv root 18224 17633 0 13:56 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with [151.76.209 root 18226 17633 0 13:56 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with mail.bis.eu root 18228 17633 0 13:56 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with smtp.myclea root 18230 17633 0 13:56 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with APoitiers-2 root 18231 17633 0 13:56 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with host138-55- root 18234 17633 0 13:56 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with c63314BC1.d root 18235 17633 0 13:56 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with email-proxy root 18238 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with bay0-omc3-s root 18239 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with [151.76.209 root 18241 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with mta-c3.warp root 18242 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with BHE20013915 root 18243 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with smtp.myclea root 18244 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with [213.154.93 root 18245 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with cm117.delta root 18246 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with APoitiers-2 root 18247 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with aog206.neop root 18248 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with email-surro root 18249 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with dslb-084-06 root 18250 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with st64.startl root 18251 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with d-210-236-7 root 18252 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with mx06.bwc.na root 18253 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with smtp11-01.p root 18254 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with cm035.hic5. root 18257 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with 77-99-51-11 root 18258 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with [212.110.77 root 18259 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with 218.65.adsl root 18260 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with mail.bis.eu root 18261 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with BHE20013915 root 18262 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with 65-115-77-1 root 18265 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with adsl-084.22 root 18266 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with localhost root 18267 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with [24.218.14. root 18268 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with APoitiers-2 root 18269 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with 68-190-55-1 root 18270 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with c-24-0-176- root 18271 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with [84.52.106. root 18272 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with 240.50.124. root 18273 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with 29-121.124- root 18274 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with 200-180-9-1 root 18275 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with dyndsl-091- root 18276 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with NET-allocat root 18277 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with [213.156.11 root 18278 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with cm035.hic5. root 18279 16634 0 13:57 pts/0 00:00:00 ps -ef root 18280 17633 0 13:57 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: startup with 209.226.175
Which is an unusually high number for our organization. The other external MX machine is similarly loaded. Are these issues related to one another?