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' --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
