---- Original Message ---- From: "Tam McLaughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:49 AM Subject: [scottish] Linux firewall
> [smoothwall snippage] > > We do not have any internet facing services, we just allow users > access to > smtp/http/ssl/ftp. Our ISP advertises the outside IP address of the > firewall > as the MX record for the domain and the firewall forwards email to our > internal mail hub running Qmail > > Smoothwalls config did not allow for our particular email setup and > it looked > like it was not designed for that kind of setup anyway. Um, what kind of configuration are you looking for here? You should simply have had to port forward TCP port 25 to TCP port 25 on the IP address of your internal mail host, and also to enable external access for port 25. I do this here with SmoothWall without issue (cue eating own dogfood comments). -- _ __/| ___ ___ __ _________ "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned \`O_o' / _ \/ -_) // / __/ _ \ for Sega." -- Brodie, 'Mallrats' =(_ _)=/_//_/\__/\_,_/_/ \___/ @ well.com :: William Anderson U - Ack! Phttpt! Thhbbt! http://neuro.me.uk/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
