If you don't want mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] going through
unfiltered.websiteworld.com then yes, get rid of that MX record.

On 13/11/2003 at 11:00:08, Mike Biddle wrote:

> So I need to get rid of the MX records for unfiltered.websiteworld.com?

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Evan Pearce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 7:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Email being routed through wrong IP address


>> On 13/11/2003 at 10:26:19, Mike Biddle wrote:
>>
>> > When a create a new domain unfiltered.websiteworld.com on IP
> 216.23.168.147
>> > other email started going through it that is not supposed to.
>>
>> > My email for [EMAIL PROTECTED] is supposed to go through
>> > mail.websiteworld.com 216.23.168.145 and does UNLESS I add the above,
> then
>> > it started going through unfiltered. See below
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> > Any suggestions? I've checked DNS entries etc.
>>
>> websiteworld.com.       3600    IN      MX      10
> unfiltered.websiteworld.com.
>> websiteworld.com.       3600    IN      MX      100 mail.websiteworld.com.
>> websiteworld.com.       3600    IN      MX      10 mail.websiteworld.com.
>> websiteworld.com.       3600    IN      MX      10
> filtered.websiteworld.com.
>>
>> mail.websiteworld.com.  3600    IN      A       216.23.168.145
>> filtered.websiteworld.com. 3600 IN      A       216.23.168.146
>> unfiltered.websiteworld.com. 3600 IN    A       216.23.168.147
>>
>> mail, filtered and unfiltered are all listed as equal-preference MXs for
>> websiteworld.com. That means anyone sending to websiteworld.com will
>> pick one of those at random to try first - in this case it was
>> unfiltered.
>>
>> You should note that even if you do meddle with the priorities, spammers
>> often try not-best-preference MXs deliberately, in the (often correct)
>> assumption that backup servers have less rigorous spam protection. If
>> you don't want mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] going through
>> unfiltered.websiteworld.com, it shouldn't be listed as an MX at all.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Evan
>>
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