How can I block SMTP login attempts permanetly? Adding the address to one of the .can files doesn't seem to do the trick. Thanks
HusTler
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HusTler wrote to All <=-

How can I block SMTP login attempts permanetly? Adding the
address to one of the .can files doesn't seem to do the trick.
Thanks

SMTP logins? Huh?

Turn off the email server if you don't want any SMTP connections.



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Re: Block Smtp Login Attempts
By: HusTler to All on Sun Jul 12 2020 10:10:18

How can I block SMTP login attempts permanetly? Adding the address to one of the .can files doesn't seem to do the trick. Thanks
HusTler
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Turn off smtp, or block the port.
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How can I block SMTP login attempts permanetly? Adding the address to one of the .can files doesn't seem to do the trick. Thanks

HusTler
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ctrl/spamblock.cfg I believe is the mechanism you are looking for

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Turn off smtp, or block the port.

I've had several with @synchro.net slam the SMTP port, and I've
ended up blocking them.

Daryl

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Re: Re: Block Smtp Login Attempts
By: Gamgee to HusTler on Sun Jul 12 2020 15:35:00

How can I block SMTP login attempts permanetly? Adding the
address to one of the .can files doesn't seem to do the trick.
Thanks

gamgee> SMTP logins? Huh?

if you have email enabled for your users, they connect to your SMTP to send email... they authenticate against their record in the sbbs user file... spammer bots attempt to do the same thing with purloined
credentials...

if they are reading news via your server and they write a private reply to a news article, that reply will go via your SMTP server... again, with authentication against the sbbs user file...

gamgee> Turn off the email server if you don't want any SMTP connections.

then email in/out of the BBS won't work...


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Rampage wrote to Gamgee <=-

Re: Re: Block Smtp Login Attempts
By: Gamgee to HusTler on Sun Jul 12 2020 15:35:00

How can I block SMTP login attempts permanetly? Adding the
address to one of the .can files doesn't seem to do the trick.
Thanks

gamgee> SMTP logins? Huh?

if you have email enabled for your users, they connect to your
SMTP to send email... they authenticate against their record in
the sbbs user file... spammer bots attempt to do the same thing
with purloined credentials...

Yup... I realized that's what he meant about 1 microsecond after
I hit "send"... :-)

if they are reading news via your server and they write a private
reply to a news article, that reply will go via your SMTP
server... again, with authentication against the sbbs user
file...

gamgee> Turn off the email server if you don't want any SMTP
connections.

then email in/out of the BBS won't work...

True, but it does stop the SMTP logins... :-)

I don't even bother with it, because who really needs another
email address via a BBS? (that's my opinion, anyway).



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Re: Re: Block Smtp Login Attempts
By: Gamgee to Rampage on Mon Jul 13 2020 02:55 pm

Rampage wrote to Gamgee <=-

gamgee> Turn off the email server if you don't want any SMTP
connections.

then email in/out of the BBS won't work...

True, but it does stop the SMTP logins... :-)

I don't even bother with it, because who really needs another
email address via a BBS? (that's my opinion, anyway).

There's enough e-mail providers already. I suppose if you want your BBS to provide a bbs e-mail address, it'd be more of a personal preference. If you have a script that verifies legitimate user information, you wouldn't need a bbs e-mail for that.

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Mark,

gamgee> Turn off the email server if you don't want any SMTP
connections.

then email in/out of the BBS won't work...

I use that mainly for the Telnet Email Verifier.

Daryl

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Jon,

I don't even bother with it, because who really needs another
email address via a BBS? (that's my opinion, anyway).

There's enough e-mail providers already. I suppose if you want your
BBS to provide a bbs e-mail address, it'd be more of a personal preference. If you have a script that verifies legitimate user information, you wouldn't need a bbs e-mail for that.

I use it mainly for the telnet email verifier. I had sent some emails
from it, but usually do it through GMail, or the amateur radio mode of
Winlink 2000.

Daryl

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Re: Block Smtp Login Attempts
By: HusTler to All on Sun Jul 12 2020 10:10 am

How can I block SMTP login attempts permanetly? Adding the address to one of the .can files doesn't seem to do the trick. Thanks

What address did you add to which .can file?

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Re: Block Smtp Login Attempts
By: Digital Man to HusTler on Wed Jul 15 2020 12:28 am

How can I block SMTP login attempts permanetly? Adding the address to >> one of the .can files doesn't seem to do the trick. Thanks DM> What address did you add to which .can file? DM> digital man I think I got it. I was not aware email.can

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