You don't need to send via EIMS. You just want it receiving and forwarding
the mail.

a.h.s. boy (lists) said:
> Well, I know I've managed to avoid at least one more spamtrap, since
> adding the one spamtrap domain I know of to the Mail Rejection
> Strings...I keep getting bogus spoofed mail from that domain.
>
> So I'm experimenting with sending list mail through EIMS, to take
> advantage of some of the greylisting/blocking features there. But I'd
> love some advice on doing this as transparently as possible. So put
> on your DNS expert hats if you can lend a hand.
>
> Bear in mind that EIMS and LetterRIP are NOT on the same machine.

Why not?

> EIMS is at mail.nothingness.org
> LetterRip is currently at lists.nothingness.org (also CNAMEd
> phantom.nothingness.org)
>
> I have some mailing lists:
>      [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I have other mailing lists for clients:
>     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> And I control the DNS for myself and all my clients, so I can arrange
> things anyway possible.
>
> Can I keep "lists.nothingness.org" as an A record for the LetterRip
> server, but make an MX record that sends mail to
> "mail.nothingness.org"? Or do I have to make the A record for "lists"
> point to the EIMS server?

You want the MX record to go to your EIMS server.

> I'm afraid of having to make LetterRip known only as
> "phantom.nothingness.org" and then I'd worry that some mail would go
> _out_ as "phantom.nothingness.org" and list members would end up
> replying directly to "phantom" instead of through EIMS at "lists".
> Does that make sense?

You won't have to do that.

Jud
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