>I'm a tad confused on the "Relay Mail for Addresses" option on the SMTP >Security tab. If my mail server is to be used as a backup mail server, can I >use this option?
yes >I need to back up several mail servers, all of which I obviously know the IP >addresses for. If those mail servers are down and the mail gets sent to my >mail server (as secondary mail server in DNS records), will my server hold >and then forward when possible? yes, for incoming, you have to put all the ip+hostnames in hosts file. This is both "accept for @recipientdomain" plus "route @recipientdomain mail to ip" setting. >More simply: does "Relay Mail for Addresses" allow mail relay when the mail >is DESTINED FOR the defined addresses no, hosts file handles incoming mail, "relay for addresses" opens the for outgoing mail. Len http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND for NT4 & W2K http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
