Daniel wrote: > We're currently dealing with one of these at my work, a Barracuda 300 > box. I'll have to say, it seems to be doing an okay filtering job for > spam it receives.
> -However-, I'm not sure how other boxes do things, but there's a flaw in > how this one's applied. Namely, you give the box an IP, and change the > MX record for your domain/s to point to the spam box. That's all fine > and dandy, -IF- the sending servers are honoring and sending according > to that MX record in DNS. If they're sending to an FQDN or straight IP, > it'll go straight to the email server anyways. I would think you could/should configure the SMTP server on that box to only accept mail from the Barracuda, your internal network and/or authenticated users. This should not affect your ability to send mail from that box (if desired). Gary V ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
