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    Default Tracking down spammers on your server

    I have someone using a script to spam yahoo accounts, I've had to disable user nobody to stop the outgoing spam however that's not a solution. I've no idea how I can track them down I've quickly looked through accounts for suspicious files but I didn't really see anything that said I don't really know what to look for in the first place.

    anyone know how I can find the user who's doing this?

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    You can also start by enabling extended exim logging and tracking emails through your exim_mainlog so long as they not sending directly through port 25:
    http://www.configserver.com/free/spammers.html#outbound
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    Thank you chirpy after tailing the mail log for 8 hours waiting for him he finaly started mailing people again.

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