On 9/5/07, Brendan Halpin <brendan.halpin at ul.ie> wrote:
> I found large numbers of attempts to connect to the POP3 port, in
> the last few days, and at the start of August. I don't need POP3
> access (didn't even know there was a server installed) so I've
> firewalled it off.
Slightly off topic but why actually firewalling it off instead of just
shutting down the service one the box ? In my experience, firewalling
from time to time is just not the ultimate answer.
Steph
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