Well right now I have records in the DNS that looks like this.  Two MX
records, one has a priority 10 and is mgw1.ispdomain.com and one that
has a priority 20 and is mail.domain.com.  Then I have a HOST record
that points mail to the IP of the Imail server.  Should I point the HOST
record for mail to the IP of the IMGate box?  It looks like mail is
getting sent directly to the Imail machine.

Steve Cobb, A+, MCSE
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Keith Kikta - iLand Internet Solutions Corp.
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 2:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [IMGate] Re: Relay using IMGate



One other thing is the spam could just be bypassing your primary mx and
= going straight to the secondary. Right now our secondary imgate box is
= doing about 6000 rejects (slet,rbl,regexp) which is intresting when
you = look at our primary which has a average load of .02 so obviously
some of = the spammers are just going straight to the second trying to
bypass the = first since its blocking them. Luckly the secondary has a
identical = config, hence the 6000 rejects per day. Not bad since the
secondary is = really a outgoing only.

-----Original Message-----
From: Len Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 8:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [IMGate] Re: Relay using IMGate




>Yes, IMGate has a MX value of 10 in all the DNS records, then their =
real
>mail server, i.e. mail.domain.com, has a MX value of 20.

so it's perfectly normal that Imail receives from IMGate.  I don't see =
how=20 that proves or comments on anything else about anything.

>I do see messages getting stopped by IMGate with spamcop, which leads =
me
>to believe some messages are getting by the IMGate box.

getting by Imgate to Imail is not an on open relay.

If spamcop is not responding quick enough to a postfix query, then =
postfix=20 will accept the msg, and log a line which is easy to find in
maillog.

>The tech suggested putting the IP of the IMGate machine in the SMTP=20 
>security list in Imail, but wouldn't that stop all mail from coming =
from=20
>the IMGate?

yes, if it's a block list.

>I need a way to track down where this mail is coming from.

you can track every thing in the postfix maillog file.

Len




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