Jonathan T. Steadman wrote: > Rick, > I understand where you are coming from, but at the same time if I > don't try then how will I learn? You are correct in your assumption > that I am a newb in this area, but it is a learning experience for > me, I realize the risk in being a victim of an exploited mail server, > and trust me while I am doing this I constantly check mail logs, ect. > and I have no problem with unplugging myself from Internet > temporarily until the problem is fixed, my server is not running > anything vitally important just a lot of servers running because I am > trying to learn how things work on linux box, I am only 16 and like I > said trying to pick up on some new things this summer, because I dont > have a lot of time during the year due to the fact that I try to > focus most my effort on school for the last couple years I am in high > school. Anyways I appreciate your concern and dont think I just take > your advice fix it and then, when I go to another setup, I ask all > over again, I try to learn from advice given on this board, and take > notes on things I think are worth remembering, read through as much > as I can on links that are handed to me, as well as bookmark them if > I don't have the time to read them immediately. Anyways I have > gotten the answer to my problem and all things are working well now. > Thanks a lot to everyone who helped with this one it is much > appreciated. Given your age, I'm impressed with your attitude towards learning and how you have applied that attitude towards implementing your mail server. We all have to start somewhere. Keep up the good work Rick. Steve Cowles A former High School teacher
