I guess a HOST record is windows speak for an A record. Doesn't port 25 have to be open for mail to pass from the IMGate machine to the IMail box?
Thanks, Steve Cobb ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Len Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:22:32 -0500 > > >>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. > >what's a host record? > >> 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. > >With or without the Imail machine in DNS MX records, spammers will send >mail to it unless you block access to port 25. > >Len > > >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Computer Geeks (www.geeksnet.com)] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Computer Geeks (www.geeksnet.com)]
