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Exim mainlog meaning of the auth_relay log line

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by postcd, Nov 9, 2019.

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    In /var/log/exim/mainlog was two lines related to my hosting account with username "user" and account domain "domain.net".
    it is claimed to be related to SPAM and i want to ask if you can please explain in detail how to read these log lines so i can find exactly how the site is exploited by the spammer so i can fix this. Thank You

    
    messageid1 ** me@gmail.com F=<user@domain.net> R=smart_route T=auth_relay H=smtp.mailchannels.net [52.35.171.68] X=TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256 CV=yes: SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data: 550 5.7.1 [SS] Blocked. See https://console.mailchannels.net/insights/bounce?auid=*&sender=user%40domain.net&txid=*
    
    messageid2 ** me@gmail.com <mymailbox@domain.net> F=<dureotaraletnokoem@cox.net> R=smart_route T=auth_relay H=smtp.mailchannels.net [34.223.74.227] X=TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256 CV=yes: SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data: 550 5.7.1 [STFWRBL] Blocked. See https://console.mailchannels.net/insights/bounce?auid=*&sender=srs0%3Dnaob51%3Dyx%3Dcox.net%3Ddureotaraletnokoem%40domain.net&txid=*
    
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    postcd, Nov 9, 2019 IP
  2. FaveHosting

    FaveHosting Active Member

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    Are you using cPanel? If yes you can learn how to read it and understanding it here: https://forums.cpanel.net/resources/reading-and-understanding-the-exim-main_log.383/
     
    FaveHosting, Nov 17, 2019 IP
  3. tuxandrew

    tuxandrew Active Member

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    >> SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data: 550 5.7.1 [SS] Blocked

    From the above bounced error it appears the remote email server has detected an abuse originating from your email account.
    The " 550 5.7.1 [SS]" error indicates that the subject line in this/these message(s) contained one or multiple spam-like keywords commonly used on abusive or unsolicited email which caused the remote email filter to block the email.
     
    tuxandrew, Nov 18, 2019 IP
  4. postcd

    postcd Well-Known Member

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    Thanks, another explanation of the:

    messageid1 ** me@gmail.com F=<user@domain.net> R=smart_route T=auth_relay H=smtp.mailchannels.net [52.35.171.68] X=TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256 CV=yes: SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data: 550 5.7.1 [SS] Blocked. See https://console.mailchannels.net/insights/bounce?auid=*&sender=user@domain.net&txid=*
    Code (markup):
    here:

    
    messageid1 : message id
    ** : delivery failed; address bounced
    me@gmail.com : the destination email
    F=<user@domain.net> : sender address
    R=smart_route : the router name, here dynamic
    T=auth_relay : not documented
    H=smtp.mailchannels.net [52.35.171.68] : host name and IP (of the relay)
    X=TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256 : TLS cipher suite (the way it was encrypted)
    CV=yes : certificate verification status
    SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data : error message
    550 : SMTP error code
    5.7.1 : Detailed error code
    [SS] Blocked. See https://console.mailchannels.net/insights/bounce?auid=*&sender=user@domain.net&txid=* : the message provided by the server
    
    
    So what's happening ? You Exim server tries to send a message to me@gmail.com from user@domain.net using an SMTP relay "mailchannels.net" but "mailchannels.net" didn't accept to forward the message because "Blocked".
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    postcd, Nov 18, 2019 IP
  5. tuxandrew

    tuxandrew Active Member

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    Since the bounced logs you have provided contains only limited information, for that reason it is not possible to provide a detailed explanation for that log.

    As mentioned earlier the relay server, smtp.mailchannels.net has blocked the message with an error " 550 5.7.1 [SS]", you may need to check this with mailchannels.net and collect the exact logs from their filter system and it will explain a bit more.
     
    tuxandrew, Nov 18, 2019 IP