Posted March 11, 20205 yr I've noticed a slow down of my site over the last 24 hours and its looks like I've found the issue but I dont know what to do about it. I use elasticmail via smtp. I've just changed my smtp password but I'm still sending out mail. The logs show authentication error out of credit, so I'm assuming that whatever script is running is pulling my smtp details from the settings I put into IPB. Where do I start in terms of getting rid of this?
March 11, 20205 yr Author I have confirmed if I change my eleasticmail account it comes up as access denied error until I put the new details into IPB, then it doesnt send because I've hit my credit limit.
March 11, 20205 yr Author OK found the issue. Checking the email headers indicates a user ASWEEW and an email address allapetrovapetrovaalla@gmail.com This is a registered forum user. As soon as I banned his account, the emails stopped. So how is he able to do this without compromising the server and everything else? I did some searching and found this relating to the social sharing email at the bottom of each thread.https://forum.gta.world/en/index.php?/topic/21530-forum-issues-mailing-services/
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