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Analysis of mail server logs from a spam attack
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| #!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
| import re | |
| queue = {} | |
| lines = open("spam.log").readlines() | |
| sent = 0 | |
| deferred = 0 | |
| bounced = 0 | |
| unknown = 0 | |
| deleted = 29118 # number I saw when clearing the queue at once | |
| rejected = 0 | |
| for line in lines: | |
| if "from=<test@mail.orgnizedmess.net>" in line: | |
| qid = line.split(' ')[3][:-1] | |
| queue[qid] = "" | |
| if "reject: MAIL from" in line: | |
| rejected += 1 | |
| for line in lines: | |
| if "status=" in line: | |
| qid = line.split(' ')[3][:-1] | |
| if qid in queue: | |
| m = re.search(r'status=(\w+)', line).group(1) | |
| queue[qid] = m | |
| if "removed" in line: | |
| qid = line.split(' ')[3][:-1] | |
| if qid in queue and "postsuper" in line: | |
| deleted += 1 | |
| for qid in queue: | |
| match queue[qid]: | |
| case 'sent': | |
| sent += 1 | |
| case 'deferred': | |
| deferred += 1 | |
| case 'bounced': | |
| bounced += 1 | |
| case '': | |
| unknown += 1 | |
| print(f"""{len(queue)+rejected:>7} total | |
| {sent:>7} sent | |
| {bounced:>7} bounced | |
| {rejected:>7} rejected | |
| {deferred:>7} deferred | |
| {unknown:>7} unknown | |
| {deleted:>7} mail queue count before deletion | |
| """) |
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