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Re: [cobalt-users] Strange message: sendmail startup with someone elses IP address
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Strange message: sendmail startup with someone elses IP address
- From: Jeff Lasman <blists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed May 5 13:09:02 2004
- Organization: nobaloney.net
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
On Tuesday 04 May 2004 07:55 pm, After Dark Grafx, Inc. wrote:
> I am new to the list so please forgive me if this is a stupid
> question:
>
> I SSH'd into my box and ran ps -ef and listed the processes. I
> found an entry:
>
> sendmail startup 211.245.129.168
It simply means that someone at 211.245.129.168 was connecting to your
box to send email.
If the "ps" program catches sendmail just as it's beginning to connect
to get the incoming mail this is what you see.
Jeff
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