unlikely (Re: sendmail owned?)

[Chuck Yerkes <chuck+obsd_(_at_)_2003_(_dot_)_snew_(_dot_)_com>]

Quoting Alexander Farber (Alexander_(_dot_)_Farber_(_at_)_t-online_(_dot_)_de):
> Argh, does this mean that the sendmail is owned on my fathers machine?
> 
> Apr  9 14:33:26 simplex sm-mta[29968]: h39ETP0s029968: lost input channel from shooter [192.168.1.32] to MTA after rcpt
> Apr  9 14:33:26 simplex sm-mta[29968]: h39ETP0s029968: from=<Abram_(_dot_)_Farber_(_at_)_t-online_(_dot_)_de>, size=0
> , class=0, nrcpts=1, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=shooter [192.168.1.32]
> 

shooter connected to simplex.  It issued a RCPT TO: command
and the connection dropped (Mail From: abram.farber... was issued first).
Why does this indicate crackers?

> it's an OpenBSD 3.2 PC with:
> 
> simplex:alex {521} sudo tail -1 /var/run/sendmail.pid 
> /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-mta -bd -q30m
> 
> But I didn't have the time to update the sendmail yet...

You don't have time NOT to update the sendmail yet.
You can even use the stock sendmail package from sendmail.org.