Hey there!
Several days ago I tried to look up why is my log directory bigger at every day by more than 50 MBytes..
I found this: mail.err
Code:
Feb 25 10:48:00 vps60 pop3d: Maximum connection limit reached for ::ffff:96.53.77.142
Feb 25 10:48:00 vps60 pop3d: Maximum connection limit reached for ::ffff:96.53.77.142
Feb 25 10:48:00 vps60 pop3d: Maximum connection limit reached for ::ffff:96.53.77.142
Feb 25 10:48:00 vps60 pop3d: Maximum connection limit reached for ::ffff:96.53.77.142
Feb 25 10:48:00 vps60 pop3d: Maximum connection limit reached for ::ffff:96.53.77.142
Feb 25 10:48:00 vps60 pop3d: Maximum connection limit reached for ::ffff:96.53.77.142
Feb 25 10:48:00 vps60 pop3d: Maximum connection limit reached for ::ffff:96.53.77.142
Feb 25 10:48:00 vps60 pop3d: Maximum connection limit reached for ::ffff:96.53.77.142
Feb 25 10:48:01 vps60 pop3d: Maximum connection limit reached for ::ffff:96.53.77.142
Feb 25 10:48:01 vps60 pop3d: Maximum connection limit reached for ::ffff:96.53.77.142
Feb 25 10:48:01 vps60 pop3d: Maximum connection limit reached for ::ffff:96.53.77.142
Feb 25 10:48:01 vps60 pop3d: Maximum connection limit reached for ::ffff:96.53.77.142
Feb 25 10:48:01 vps60 pop3d: Maximum connection limit reached for ::ffff:96.53.77.142
Feb 25 10:48:01 vps60 pop3d: Maximum connection limit reached for ::ffff:96.53.77.142
mail.info:
Code:
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Feb 25 13:26:10 vps60 postfix/smtpd[11826]: warning: c-67-170-208-124.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[67.170.208.124]: SASL CRAM-MD5 authentication failed: authentication failure
Feb 25 13:26:14 vps60 postfix/smtpd[11826]: warning: SASL authentication failure: no secret in database
Feb 25 13:26:14 vps60 postfix/smtpd[11826]: warning: c-67-170-208-124.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[67.170.208.124]: SASL CRAM-MD5 authentication failed: authentication failure
Feb 25 13:26:19 vps60 postfix/smtpd[11826]: warning: SASL authentication failure: no secret in database
Feb 25 13:26:19 vps60 postfix/smtpd[11826]: warning: c-67-170-208-124.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[67.170.208.124]: SASL CRAM-MD5 authentication failed: authentication failure
Feb 25 13:26:24 vps60 postfix/smtpd[11826]: warning: SASL authentication failure: no secret in database
Feb 25 13:26:24 vps60 postfix/smtpd[11826]: warning: c-67-170-208-124.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[67.170.208.124]: SASL CRAM-MD5 authentication failed: authentication failure
Feb 25 13:26:26 vps60 postfix/smtpd[11826]: too many errors after AUTH from c-67-170-208-124.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[67.170.208.124]
Feb 25 13:26:26 vps60 postfix/smtpd[11826]: disconnect from c-67-170-208-124.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[67.170.208.124]
Feb 25 13:26:27 vps60 postfix/smtpd[11826]: connect from c-67-170-208-124.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[67.170.208.124]
Feb 25 13:26:28 vps60 postfix/smtpd[11826]: warning: SASL authentication failure: no secret in database
Feb 25 13:26:28 vps60 postfix/smtpd[11826]: warning: c-67-170-208-124.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[67.170.208.124]: SASL CRAM-MD5 authentication failed: authentication failure
Feb 25 13:26:29 vps60 postfix/smtpd[11826]: warning: SASL authentication failure: no secret in database
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Several rows every each second.. Similar results in mail.info, mail.log and mail.warn also.
Is there a way to denny this?