Re: Odd console message
Nathan Sims <[email protected]> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:29:55 -0700
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On Apr 13, 2012, at 5:09 PM, LuKreme wrote: > > On Apr 13, 2012, at 13:12, Nathan Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What do messages like this mean? (From /var/log/system.log, OSX 10.6.8): >> >> Apr 13 11:47:08 postfix/smtpd[45990]: warning: 218.95.240.154: hostname 154.240.95.218.broad.xn.qh.dynamic.163data.com.cn verification failed: nodename nor servname provided, or not known > > The host name doesn't have a proper rDNS, probably. It doesn't, and the 218.95.240.154 IP resolves to China Telecom. Guess this is just part of a spam flood coming in.