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07.13.2008 at 10:07AM PDT, ID: 23560974
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Urgent Help needed to stop Exchange Server from sending spam, relay is confirmed closed

Asked by jketron in Exchange Email Server, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

Tags: Microsoft, Exchange, 2003, behind firewall

I have an Exchange 2003 server serving only a dozen users. The SMTP queue has approx 5000 queues and there are approx 30 SMTP current connections.

I have confirmed via settings and external websites that the relay is most certainly closed. I have recieptiant filtering on as well as tar pit set. I have the server to not
I have entries in the Sender Filtering
I have 2 Block List Services SpamCop and Zen (bl.spamcop.net, zen.spamhaus.org)
I have the The Intelligent Messenging Filter 8 Delete and 8
I have Sender ID Filtering Set to Reject NDR
I have unchecked Allow NDR reports
On the SMTP Protocol I have all the Filter enabled
On the Relay tab I have "only the list below" and there are no entries in the list, I have checked "allow computer that have successfuly authenticated to relay"
On the Authentication Tab I have the standard checked "Anonymous, Basic, Integrated"


I can't figure out why this server is sending spam out, I have a closed relay and the settings above...what else is there.

The only thing I can think of is an authenticated attack. Is there a tool that I can see what user account is sending all the emails? When I use message tracking I see wierd user names  that are no where close to the domain.

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Tags: Microsoft, Exchange, 2003, behind firewall
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