IMAP/POP 400GB Usage

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by Kalyse, Dec 17, 2008.

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    Hello,
    I am having problems and I have just realised the cause.

    It appears as though my servers IMAP/POP is being used to send out hundreds of thousands of emails. I can't actually see any of the ones being sent out though.

    I just logged into Plesk and saw that the IMAP/POP usage for this month is 400GB. I naturally have root access but I am not sure how I can stop this from happening?

    It is causing my server to crash with all of the massive traffic being sent through my mail server.

    Can someone advise how I can troubleshoot and detech and resolve the problem of my mail server?
     
    Kalyse, Dec 17, 2008 IP
  2. Kalyse

    Kalyse Peon

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    Originally, I thought that maybe my server was bouncing mail from an open SMTP server...
    But then I realised that it is IMAP and POP that is showing the usage NOT SMTP... sooo? I was going to just block port 25... but SMTP only shows 25Mb worth of usage.
     
    Kalyse, Dec 17, 2008 IP