02-Mar-2023

Two months maintenance – no issues…

I’ve been far too busy last months, checked the system but had no time to update the blog. So two months in one post: First mail statistics for February:


PMAS statistics for January
Total messages    :   2523 = 100.0 o/o
DNS Blacklisted   :      0 =    .0 o/o (Files:  0)
Relay attempts    :    181 =   7.1 o/o (Files: 31)
Accepted by PMAS  :   2342 =  92.8 o/o (Files: 32)
  Handled by explicit rule
         Rejected :   1528 =  65.2 o/o (processed),  60.5 o/o (all)
         Accepted :    175 =   7.4 o/o (processed),   6.9 o/o (all)
  Handled by content
        Discarded :    323 =  13.7 o/o (processed),  12.8 o/o (all)
     Quarantained :    135 =   5.7 o/o (processed),   5.3 o/o (all)
        Delivered :    181 =   7.7 o/o (processed),   7.1 o/o (all)

Just two days with attempts to relay:

3-JAN-2023 19:47:07.00 - 19:58:26.18 from address 45.81.39.57,

using my host or IP address sending to h.vanover@fishersinvestmemt.com
(used: antispam@diana.grootersnet.local and antispam@[45.83.234.10]) but no. That simply doesn’t work, guys….

4-JAN-2023 06:07:41.32 - 06:14:27.57 other attempts, again between 11:31:15.78 and 11:31:59.07, even sending to my own local domain (@grootersnet.local). Did he/she learn? These were the last ones.

Now last weekend:

PMAS statistics for February
Total messages    :   2319 = 100.0 o/o
DNS Blacklisted   :      0 =    .0 o/o (Files:  0)
Relay attempts    :    151 =   6.5 o/o (Files: 28)
Accepted by PMAS  :   2168 =  93.4 o/o (Files: 28)
  Handled by explicit rule
         Rejected :   1364 =  62.9 o/o (processed),  58.8 o/o (all)
         Accepted :    214 =   9.8 o/o (processed),   9.2 o/o (all)
  Handled by content
        Discarded :    234 =  10.7 o/o (processed),  10.0 o/o (all)
     Quarantained :    132 =   6.0 o/o (processed),   5.6 o/o (all)
        Delivered :    224 =  10.3 o/o (processed),   9.6 o/o (all)

a few relay attempts again:

11-FEB-2023 01:06:03.48 – 01:06:13.83 from 117.57.39.219, assuming Windows or Linux? admin@grootersnett.nl.
again 23:42:11.11 23:42:17.38 from 117.57.36.244,same assumption (admin@www.grootersnet.nl) Given the attempted address I guess it is Chinese (549955918@qq.com)

26-FEB-2023 17:07:10.50 – 18:01:54.32 from 185.246.220.193, assuming some location at my domain (thinking I’m a business?) to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzezihe@hotmail.com
26-FEB-2023 17:03:04.59 – 17:27:21.30 from 212.193.30.28, assuming that my email-address can be used from outside to contact mikeanam2016@gmail.com.

Just a few. No file over 4 blocks (2 Mb).

On the hardware front: I got a number of SA5300A cards from IslandCo.com – they would charge me only for package (which I don’t accept; I want to pay for the cards as well – but the gesture is nice). no cache but that doesn’t matter. Of course no time yet to install them, will be done this weekend, if all goes as planned I switch systems again. Now I have some spare cards as well, Via a Dutch marketplace I got another 300GB disk (so a spare for that as well) and two removable disks for in Dione’s front-storage bay. Extra storage for backup is welcome.

I will need to get another PC-motherboard, CPU and memory to build a system to run VMS 9.2, new development of the blog-engine may continue when Pascal and Fortran compilers are available.