Michael Sullivan wrote:
> What do you make of this?  I found it in /var/log/messages:
> 
> Jun 22 10:59:15 bullet sm-mta[2558]: k5L4mNFw021664:
> to=<aw-conf@midamerica.com>, delay=1+11:10:52, xdelay=00:03:09,
> mailer=esmtp, pri=6425885, relay=mail.midamerica.com. [65.243.220.163],
> dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with mail.midamerica.com.
> 
> 
> There are several of these.  It looks to me as if someone is trying to
> send mail to aw-conf@midamerica.com, but neither my wife nor I know
> them, and we're the only espersunited.com users who use mail actively.
> Has my mail system been compromised?
> 
Hi,
Are you using a local mail-server or a relayhost (yout ISP mail-server)?
Check to see if your mail server (if any) isn't an open relay.
Google for a site to check or check the config.
HTH.Rumen