I have added this to the User Tips & Tricks.  Let me know if I've missed
anything or done it wrong.

Thanks guys. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric "Shubes" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 15 September 2006 01:54
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] 3rd party spamassassin scanning service

Erik Espinoza wrote:
> 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
>>

Hey Craig,
Would you mind updating the wiki with this one? It may not be asked 
frequently, but it's a cool feature. Might want to add a short Q&A to the 
faqs, with possibly a separate section w/in spamassassin configuration.

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'

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