On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 08:19:17PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello there,
>
> I would like our mail to be firstly delivered
> to my organisation's DMZ (through a regular
> primary MX record), and then to make it
> route to our internal network (private
> IP addresses).
>
> I think a "smtproute" that overrides the
> DNS configuration might do it, but I'm
> not sure.
Yes, that's just what you want.
>
> Is this the proper way of doing it?
I can't think of any other. Just keep in mind you still have to add the
domains to the "rcpthosts" file (but not in "locals"). And the inner
machine will also need the same "rcpthosts", plus "locals" or
"virtualdomains", depending on how you set it up.
On the optimization side, you have 2 choices:
- Either route all mail to the inner host, and let it handle everything
(not a _bad_ idea, but...)
- Specify a route each and every domain you want forwarded in "smtproutes".
It possibly takes some load off the inner host, and is easier to change if
you ever want to split the processing of different domains' mail through
different mailservers.
RC
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