Having used Frontier here in California I can absolutly understand wanting to get away from them.
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Why will you get them down to one provider? > > > > How are the providers being used? > > Trust ASB to ask interesting questions :) > > The owner is trying to transition away from a Frontier DSL connection > that is too slow, over to an Integra connection that is faster. They > both have fixed IP addresses. > > On the Integra connection they have a machine that's dedicated to a > specific function that might (or might not, I haven't had a chance to > look yet) need that fixed address. > > They are currently using Google to host their domain, and their > inbound email is forwarded through Google to their SBS server. For > some as yet unknown reason, the owner doesn't want to have email > inbound direct to their SBS server - he's a bit phobic on the matter. > Outbound email is sent over the Frontier link to Frontier's SMTP > infrastructure. The owner isn't happy with Frontier anyway, so he > wants out. Unfortunately, Google (according to the owner) won't relay > - it will only accept outbound for a single user account. I need to > verify this. It seems reasonable to me that it should accept TLS relay > connections for the domain outbound, and not try to make them all > appear to come from one account, but I've seen more stupid things than > that, so... > > So, I have to set up their DNS with proper DNS entries (including SPF) > so that the SBS server can send direct, rather than relaying through > as ISP. Not a big deal - it just has to be done. > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
