[imp] tools for monitoring outbound spam

dhottinger at harrisonburg.k12.va.us dhottinger at harrisonburg.k12.va.us
Mon May 5 16:37:57 UTC 2008


Quoting liamr at umich.edu:

> Like many other institutions, we've got a problem with compromised
> accounts being used to send spam.  I know that the new version of Horde
> / IMP will allow people to place limits on outbound mail... but there
> is some concern in our organization that those methods will create
> problems for some legitimate users.
>
> Anyhoo.. I was wondering if anyone has written tools to monitor their
> sendmail logs / webserver transfer logs for suspicious activity (or for
> noticing that their servers have been added to RBLs).  Or if anyone is
> using tools that do these things, or would be interested discussing the
> development of tools or strategies
>
> thx
> Liam
Logwatch works very well.  Shows lots of important info for large  
email users/senders etc.

ddh



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Dwayne Hottinger
Network Administrator
Harrisonburg City Public Schools

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