That's excellent thanks. Are there any pitfalls potential loops etc I should be aware of. I guess if company x sets up a catch all account it will prevent the double bounce. Is there any danger of that double bounce becoming a loop, or possibly leading to our server being listed as a spam source?
Last question, is it really that easy? :-) If so that is excellent news, and news that I'm sure will earn me some good points with the boss. Thanks for that. As for the Wiki, I will indeed add the info, is there anything else I should include, or is the basic premise, change Mx to point to scanning server, add smtproute to receiving server and add domain to rcpthosts? Will qmail accept the mail even though users don't exist? If you add the smtp route for domainx, does qmail just interpret that as "forward all mail for domainx to this address and don't check locally?" Thanks again for the replies, this list is the best. Regards Craig -----Original Message----- From: Erik Espinoza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 September 2006 01:47 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] 3rd party spamassassin scanning service The answer is yes. You can scan other domains frm your box. The mx points to you. You put an smtproute that points to their server and you add the domain to rcpthosts. The problem is going to be double bounces. Since your box doesn't have a list of valid users, it will accept any mail addressed to companyx..com. If a [EMAIL PROTECTED] doesn't exist, your box will get a rejection which it will try to send to the sender. Since this is usually spam, the sender address probably won't exist and you will be notified of the transaction. Erik On 9/14/06, Craig Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I hope this is the right board for this query. We are using the latest > Qmailtoaster install on a Fedora core 5 box. > Currently all email domains that we host are very successfully scanned by > clamav and spamassassin. My boss has asked if > we would be able to offer the scanning service to emails that we don't > technically host. > > Now all I can tell him at this point, is we would need to have company x's > mx record pointing at our server, but from there > I'm lost. > > Is it possible, to scan company x's mail, (even though we don't hold their > domain, or host their email), and then pass the mail on to their servers? > My first instinct was that this should be quiet possible, unfortunately, I'm > still relatively new to qmail and spamassassin, so I don't know where to > start. > > Any help you boffins can provide would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Craig > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Craig Smith - Systems Engineer - Doctor Net > t. 0870 770 4990 - f. 0870 770 4991 > > Visit www.doc-net.com - let us be your key to success > Visit www.eMailCampaigner.com - close sales cheaper and faster > Visit www.SprintCRM.com - understand your customers better and increase > sales > ------------------------------------------------------- > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and > delete the material. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
