On 03/03/2013 04:49 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 03/03/2013 04:33 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> Am 03.03.2013 22:30, schrieb Robert Moskowitz: >>> I am trying to recall back at least 2 years, and my notes are poor, and >>> my searching appears to be worst... >>> >>> Seems I recall that last when I set up my apache server, the spammers >>> were posting to it so it would send out the spam on port 25. There was >>> some conf that I did to block this, but I did not document it, and I >>> can't find any reference to this >> what are you speaking about? >> apache is a WEBSERVER and has NOTHING to do with email > There was an attack, and if you search you will find references to it, > where the spammers post to your web server in such a way that they relay > out port 25. They send to your port 80, but you send out port 25. For > example: > > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-173601.html > > My old server has been running smoothly for over two years, but it is > time to bring the software current. I did all the work on this back > then, or maybe before and copied from my earlier server. This time I am > trying to build everything clean and document every change I make. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos If / when I get the guts to build my own Apache web server...I would think that the ONLY way to do it would be to document EVERYTHING....sort of as a "Just-In-Case" policy?....or is it only after you've built it?...and when you make CHANGES to your server....THAT'S when you document everything?.... EGO II