[OPLINLIST] Email Issues....again

[Eric Taggart]

Darn squirrels!  I would try rabbits.  They are faster and less, well, 
squirrelly.  Or maybe hamsters...but they are nocturnal.  Maybe go with 
something outside of the rodent family...

Eric

Eric D. Taggart, Director
Loudonville Public Library
122 East Main Street
Loudonville, OH  44842
Phone: (419) 994-5531
Fax: (419) 994-4321


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Jendretzky" <jendreka at oplin.org>
To: <oplintech at oplin.org>; <oplinlist at oplin.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:55 AM
Subject: [OPLINLIST] Email Issues....again


> All,
>
>    SquirrelMail on the OPLIN mail server was used again, starting a
> couple hours ago to send out spam. The interface is patched to the
> newest version, so my guess at this point is that someone's
> authentication information has either been harvested or brute forced,
> and is being used to give access to the interface. While I dig deeper
> into SquirrelMail to try and find a solution I've disabled access to the
> interface for anyone outside the OPLIN ip range. If you have an external
> range in use in your library that needs access, shoot me and email and
> I'll add it to the exception list as a short term fix.
>
> Because of this spam activity it looks like we've received a couple more
> temporary bans, which should clear up in a couple hours.
>
> -- 
> Thanks,
>    Karl Jendretzky
>    Technology Project Manager
>    Ohio Public Library Information Network
>    jendreka at oplin.org
>    (614) 728-1515
>
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