[FX.php List] [OFF] Spammers possibly using my online forms

[Denis Somar]

Check file permissions on the script is a thought.

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:20 AM, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:

> I've had a situation in the last couple of weeks where one or more
> spammers have been able to use my mail server to send spam through it.
>
> I don't have relay turned on, use send-authentication, but yet somehow
> they were able to send a ton of spam.
>
> Question: I have some PHP scripts that send emails at the conclusion of
> the transaction; for example, a user uploads a file, and an email goes out
> to fellow co-workers to tell them they have another file to review.
>
> The mail-sending script that I use includes authentication for my mail
> server; is there still a way for spammers to "hijack" this script and use
> it to send spam? If so, is there a way to prevent it?
>
> Yesterday morning I was told that over 23,000 spam messages went thru my
> mail server; we locked it down, changed all the mail users' passwords, but
> it ws a huge pain, to say the least.
>
> Thanks for any insights,
>
> Bob Patin
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