[ILUG] Postfix SMTP server

[Kevin Philp]

I don't think its a virus. It appears to be an internal thing between 
Fetchmail and postfix. Also our virus checkers haven't picked anything up. I 
get one message like this sent every time we purge our email. The RCPT line 
is always identical but I am not sure where M[-5]@address.com comes from. Any 
ideas........Not sure I like the idea of a potential virus lurking on my 
system!

Kevin.



On Monday 25 October 2004 12:56, Martin List-Petersen wrote:
On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 11:53, Kevin Philp wrote:
> I have started getting the following error messages from our Postfix
> server. Any ideas where the odd looking <M[5-]@address.com> is coming from?
>
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>
> Subject: Postfix SMTP server: errors from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
> Date: Monday 25 October 2004 09:00
> From: MAILER-DAEMON at server.cybercolloids.office (Mail Delivery System)
> To: postmaster at cybercolloids.office (Postmaster)
>
> Transcript of session follows.
>
>  Out: 220 server.cybercolloids.office ESMTP Postfix (2.0.6) (Mandrake
> Linux) In:  HELO localhost
>  Out: 250 server.cybercolloids.office
>  In:  MAIL FROM:<FETCHMAIL-DAEMON at server.cybercolloids.office>
>  Out: 250 Ok
>  In:  RCPT TO:<M[5-]@address.com>
>  Out: 501 Bad address syntax
>  In:  QUIT
>  Out: 221 Bye
>
> - -------------------------------------------------------

It's most likely a virus, i see lot's of those here.

Slan laít,
Martin List-Petersen
Dublin, Eire
(and if you ever need any other info --> http://www.marlow.dk/)