On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:30 AM, S Mathias <smathias1972 at yahoo.com> wrote: > Dec 27 14:11:46 a kernel: [ 6336.992320] O_D_LOG: IN= OUT=lo SRC=127.0.0.1 DST=127.0.0.1 LEN=60 > TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=61533 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=37263 DPT=25 WINDOW=32792 > RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 > but where or how could i find out, that what process sends these packets? Looks like mail traffic -- check /var/log/maillog and see what's being recorded there and who the recipient is. My guess is that it's a local recipient and you'll be able check out the local mail files on that system to see what the content is and determine from that which process is sending out the messages. M