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email sent to us every second basically shutting down our exchange server 2003

we have windows sbs 2003 with exchange server 2003 set up in our shop. we are getting hammered by some one in  japan with a email every second is what the log shows. how do i stop this from happening. we are virtually unable to send or receive our normal email. some email got to us today from a week ago.
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Can't you just Firewall off the remote IP of the problem mailserver?
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we have tryed that. email still not coming through got one from sunday today. in exchange we have 48000+ messages awating directory lookup. we installed antigen on this server also could teh problem be with it?.
Have you tried freezing the que?
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that seemed to fix problem. there seems to be many smtp servers listed like yahoo and hotmail. i frozze them and turned off antigen. I will try to reload antigen
Let us know how it goes.
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EMAIL IS COMINT THROUGH FINE WITH ANTIGEN OFF. WE WILL UNISTALL IT AND REINSTALL THANKS GUYS