strange entry in logs

[Tonearm]

I noticed a strange entry in my Apache error_log so I searched the access_log for the IP address that was associated with the error_log entry. Here's what I found:

208.3.118.210 - - [27/Feb/2003:17:48:12 -0800] "CONNECT mail1.infospace.com:25 / HTTP/1.0" 400 375 "-" "-" :

Something very similar to this was in my error_log, but this got me a little worried since it's actually in my access_log. Can anyone shed some light on this entry? Thanks!

[jdMorgan]

Tonearm,

As indicated by the 400-Bad Request, this attempt to use an unsupported method (CONNECT) was rejected by your server. Therefore, there is no need to worry about this access. It looks like an attempt to use your server as a proxy to connect to infospace's e-mail server, but it failed.

Jim

[Tonearm]

Got it! Thanks!