RE: [cobalt-users] Spammer assistance

["Dan Kriwitsky" <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Question : I believe someone is spamming my mailserver, is 
> there a way of identifying this person or email (IP) address 
> without touching the GUI (I'm not comfortable doing this 
> yet).  I can't seem to tell by looking at the log files.
> 
> Thank to all in advance.
> 

Depending on how long ago it was, do a 
tail -n 2000 /var/log/maillog
Then search it for the spammer's IP.
You can also run 
tail -f /var/log/maillog 
Then you can watch the server to see if you're under a spam or
dictionary attack.
-- 
Dan Kriwitsky

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