[squid-users] RE: Spam mail through Squid server

From: Adam Aube <aaube01@dont-contact.us>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 23:54:26 -0400

lokesh.khanna@accelonafrica.com wrote:
> D & E Radel
>> lokesh.khanna@accelonafrica.com wrote:

>>> I am running transparent squid server on Redhat ES 3.0 box. I noticed
>>> some time some of my users establish http connection with some server on
>>> internet and send spam mail. Header of that mail always contain squid
>>> server IP address. Is there any way I can insert customer's PC ip
>>> address also which is actually sending that mail?

>> If that really is the case, how about blocking access to that "some
>> server" and cancelling your customer's account?

> Yes, But this will be ongoing process. I will rather prefer to find out
> who is doing this and remove him from my network.

Just use Squid's access.log - correlate the logs with the time the emails
were sent, and then you have the abuser's IP address.

Adam
Received on Fri Oct 28 2005 - 21:55:56 MDT

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