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echo: synchronet
to: TONY LANGDON
from: RAGNAROK
date: 2020-07-01 19:13:00
subject: Re: Blocking SMTP access

El 29/6/20 a las 06:27, Tony Langdon escribió:
> Just a quick question.  I'm having a lot of trouble with the SMTP service
being
> hammered to the point that I can't receive legitimate email.  I'm looking to
> block the crap, so I can receive actual email again.  Has anyone got fail2ban
> working with Synchronet?  That's my normal goto, because it uses iptables to
> block unwanted traffic.  Or can anyone recommend a method that doesn't unduly
> load sbbs?  It seems SMTP is the most affected service these days, I'm not
> having too many issues with telnet/SSH )not enough to make it hard to log
in).
> 

I have working fail2ban with sbbs and share my confg files at my ftp
server for you:

ftp://bbs.docksud.com.ar/

you must send the sbbs output log to file via rsyslog.conf (ex:
/var/log/sbbs.log):

local3.* -/var/log/sbbs.log

and the verify you sbbs.ini the unix section:

[UNIX]
LogFacility=3


Saludos!

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