Come on, Andy. You know what I mean. Mailbag as a noun went out with the pony express. Today, it is perfectly ok to use mailbagging as a verb and I would hope most of the email admins on this list would know what I'm talking about.
Specifically, my ISP serves as a backup mail server for my domain. If my mail servers go down for any reason, my ISP mailbags for me OR holds my mail until the time that my servers come back up. By removing them as a secondary MX, they won't be able to offer this service to me. The issue that I'm having is that they are holding mail for me that I refuse to take from them. This causes a problem because it ends up back on their server and will never be allowed to be delivered by my servers but will continue to attempt delivery because I terminated the session rather than telling them that I don't want the email. I have tried putting them in the ISP MX field and have tried 'deliver all mail' but neither of these fixes the issue. I have always had them in the ISP MX field so that obviously does not result in a fix and placing them in the deliver all mail allowed them to circumvent my local addresses flat file so I'm in a quandary. For the time being, I have asked them to stop mailbagging for me but that is not a long term fix. My plans are to set up a local mailbag server so I can see when mail starts backing up and to start experimenting with the settings to see if I can find a solution that will work for both me and my ISP. I very much so appreciate the wisdom and guidance that I receive from this list but really don't need any guidance in the proper use of the English language. :-) Thanks Again, Evans Martin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Macpherson Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 9:57 AM To: Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy Subject: Re: [Assp-user] ISP Problems --On Tuesday, December 12, 2006 12:44:42 -0600 "Martin, Evans (ITS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Would they still be able to mailbag for me if I delete the secondary MX? Mailbag (noun) apparently used as a verb is pretty meaningless unless you define it, or rewrite it in commonly used and understood English However, since the inbound mail will not be going anywhere near your ISP's servers the answer is almost certainly no, whatever that service might be. -- Andrew Macpherson, OA5.com Ltd. The Red Lion #5. Much Hadham. Herts SG10 6DD. GB Phone +44 1279 843147 GSM +44 78999 61797 Fax +44 7092 052800 http://www.oa5.com/ OA5 is a member of ISPA-UK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDE V _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
