Ok so I have a semi-open relay on my mail server. It requires a valid username but no password for that user to send mail. A spammer got hold of my account and began sending massive amounts of spam with it. Is it something in my main.cf? I checked the database and it seemed fine. Below is a copy of my main.cf # See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version # Debian specific: Specifying a file name will cause the first # line of that file to be used as the name. The Debian default # is /etc/mailname. #myorigin = /etc/mailname smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) biff = no # appending .domain is the MUA's job. append_dot_mydomain = no # Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings #delay_warning_time = 4h readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix # TLS parameters smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.cert smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.key smtpd_use_tls = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache # See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for # information on enabling SSL in the smtp client. myhostname = hcp.crimtechsecurity.com alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases myorigin = /etc/mailname mydestination = hcp.XXXXXXXX.com, localhost, localhost.localdomain relayhost = mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::1]/128 mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION" mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/html virtual_alias_domains = virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_forwardings.cf, prox y:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_email2email.cf, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/vi rtual-mailman virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_mailboxes.cf virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 inet_protocols = all smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = check_recipient_access mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-v irtual_recipient.cf, permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth _destination smtpd_tls_security_level = may transport_maps = hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/transport-mailman, proxy:mysql:/etc/ postfix/mysql-virtual_transports.cf relay_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_relaydomains.cf relay_recipient_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_relayrecipientmaps.cf proxy_read_maps = $local_recipient_maps $mydestination $virtual_alias_maps $virt ual_alias_domains $virtual_mailbox_maps $virtual_mailbox_domains $relay_recipien t_maps $relay_domains $canonical_maps $sender_canonical_maps $recipient_canonica l_maps $relocated_maps $transport_maps $mynetworks smtpd_sender_restrictions = check_sender_access mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual _sender.cf smtpd_client_restrictions = check_client_access mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual _client.cf smtpd_client_message_rate_limit = 100 maildrop_destination_concurrency_limit = 1 maildrop_destination_recipient_limit = 1 virtual_transport = dovecot header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/header_checks mime_header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/mime_header_checks nested_header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/nested_header_checks body_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/body_checks owner_request_special = no dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth content_filter = amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024 receive_override_options = no_address_mappings message_size_limit = 0 smtp_tls_security_level = may authorized_submit_users = !root, static:anyone smtpd_data_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining
Mail Logs This is what I am seeing on the maillogs: Apr 27 06:20:02 vps postfix/pickup[32222]: 7E93840E0D09: uid=105 from=<smmsp> Apr 27 06:20:02 vps postfix/cleanup[1451]: 7E93840E0D09: message-id=<20140427102 [email protected]X> Apr 27 06:20:02 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: 7E93840E0D09: from=<[email protected] curity.com>, size=719, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Apr 27 06:20:03 vps postfix/smtpd[1464]: warning: database /var/lib/mailman/data /virtual-mailman.db is older than source file /var/lib/mailman/data/virtual-mailman Apr 27 06:20:03 vps postfix/smtpd[1464]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1] Apr 27 06:20:03 vps postfix/smtpd[1464]: 40E4640E0D0A: client=localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1] Apr 27 06:20:03 vps postfix/cleanup[1451]: 40E4640E0D0A: message-id=<[email protected]> Apr 27 06:20:03 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: 40E4640E0D0A: from=<[email protected]>, size=1231, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Apr 27 06:20:03 vps postfix/smtpd[1464]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1] Apr 27 06:20:03 vps amavis[26891]: (26891-09) Passed CLEAN {RelayedInbound}, <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>, Message-ID: <201404271 [email protected]X>, mail_id: 4RjEAHqiGNWi, Hits: -0.001, size: 719, queued_as: 40E4640E0D0A, 733 ms Apr 27 06:20:03 vps postfix/smtp[1453]: 7E93840E0D09: to=<[email protected]>, orig_to=<root>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=0.78, delays=0.02/0.02 /0.04/0.7, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 from MTA(smtp:[127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 40E4640E0D0A) Apr 27 06:20:03 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: 7E93840E0D09: removed Apr 27 06:20:03 vps postfix/local[1467]: 40E4640E0D0A: to=<[email protected]>, relay=local, delay=0.09, delays=0.01/0.02/0/0.06, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (del ivered to command: procmail -a "$EXTENSION") Apr 27 06:20:03 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: 40E4640E0D0A: removed Apr 27 06:23:54 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: DEE1740E1565: from=<[email protected]>, size=3760, nrcpt=20 (queue active) Apr 27 06:23:54 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: 47E3440E1463: from=<[email protected]>, size=5135, nrcpt=14 (queue active) Apr 27 06:23:54 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: 7F55C40E1567: from=<[email protected]>, size=3809, nrcpt=14 (queue active) Apr 27 06:23:54 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: 7DF0040E155E: from=<[email protected]>, size=3777, nrcpt=20 (queue active) Apr 27 06:23:54 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: 7F16840E156F: from=<[email protected]>, size=3150, nrcpt=11 (queue active) Apr 27 06:23:54 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: 353F940E0D20: from=<[email protected]>, size=5604, nrcpt=20 (queue active) Apr 27 06:23:54 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: 377B940E14CF: from=<[email protected]>, size=5579, nrcpt=20 (queue active) Apr 27 06:23:54 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: 6079340E152F: from=<[email protected]>, size=5522, nrcpt=20 (queue active) Apr 27 06:23:54 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: 003F240E0CAB: from=<[email protected]>, size=5596, nrcpt=20 (queue active) Apr 27 06:23:54 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: 8A8B140E1571: from=<[email protected]>, size=3783, nrcpt=20 (queue active) Apr 27 06:23:54 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: 8880140E0C95: from=<[email protected]>, size=5511, nrcpt=20 (queue active) Apr 27 06:23:54 vps postfix/qmgr[3188]: EA2DA40E0C91: from=<[email protected]>, size=5566, nrcpt=18 (queue active) Apr 27 06:23:54 vps postfix/smtp[1510]: 47E3440E1463: to=<[email protected]>, relay=cdptpa-pub-iedge-vip.email.rr.com[107.14.166.70]:25, delay=366219, delays=3 66219/0.02/0.12/0, dsn=4.0.0, status=deferred (host cdptpa-pub-iedge-vip.email.rr.com[107.14.166.70] refused to talk to me: 554 ERROR: Mail Refused - See http://csi.clo udmark.com/reset-request/?ip
The question is were are the emails send to? Are the emails send to accounts that are on your server or are the emails send to accounts at other servers e.g. gmail?
Messages The messages were going outside of my server. I ran a check for malware and rkhunter on the server. It sucks because its my actual email address that they are using, but I tested last night and it appears the if you know a email address on the server you can relay using it. Any other logs or ideas?
Reboot fixed it A reboot resolved the problem. It was odd. I reset all mail passwords and rebooted. Maybe one of my mail clients were infected.