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How to determine which process is sending emails on the server via sendmail?
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10531 root 20 0 99532 2972 1040 S 0.0 0.0 0:07.54 `- sendmail: MTA: accepting connections
14722 root 20 0 100M 5852 2796 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.24 | `- sendmail: MTA: ./s5B3q9To013403 mail.dhs.state.tx.us.: user open
14070 root 20 0 100M 5856 2644 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.24 | `- sendmail: MTA: ./s5B1ul6j006077 246620674.pamx1.hotmail.com.: client greeting
13363 root 20 0 100M 5424 1948 S 0.0 0.0 0:02.70 | `- sendmail: MTA: ./s5ANMiZH028211 mx1.hotmail.com.: client EHLO
12717 root 20 0 100M 5332 1900 S 0.0 0.0 0:03.08 | `- sendmail: MTA: ./s5AMQhUx024729 mx3.hotmail.com.: client greeting
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by elimination method.
Look at crontab, maybe there are tasks that are launched to send emails.
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