[CentOS] pop3 attack

Tue Dec 9 20:36:58 UTC 2008
Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at gmail.com>

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 3:17 PM, James Pifer <jep at obrien-pifer.com> wrote:
> I was looking at my maillog and it looks like someone is trying to get
> into my pop3 server.
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About 5 or 6 years ago, I couldn't access my POP3 mail on my web site.
When I contacted OLM Tech Support, they discovered that someone was
trying to access the POP3, every second......

> How worried should I bee about this? Any suggestions for dealing with
> it?

I'm not sure how they eliminated the problem. Hopefully, a much more
knowledgeable person here will respond to you.