At 7:41 AM -0700 10/16/01, Warren Michelsen wrote: >At 10:24 PM +1000 10/16/01, Andrew Wellington wrote: >> >>>The problem is that since, I can't "Relay for Clients Only", I >>>obviously need another router entry to handle all the spam that >>>they attempt to relay through this open relay I have created. >> >>Why can't you 'Relay for Clients Only'? In SIMS 1.8b8 at least, and >>some earlier versions any mail that is "touched" by the router in >>that way is marked as safe to relay. > >As I found out through experimentation. Apparently, if the router >says to relay it on to another server, SIMS does not consider this >to be "relaying" in the normal sense. I was able to Turn "Relay for >Clients Only" back on. > >I erred, though, in the router entry. I was using "domain.com = >mail.domain.com". Apparently, by specifying a host name as the >destination, SIMS does a lookup for MX records for that host and, >guess what, routes the mail back to the smtp.domain.com host.
That can be fixed by NOT having an MX for that host. An MX for domain.com does not match an MX query for hostname.domain.com. A lot of people set up 'wildcard' MX records (i.e. for *.domain.com) but that is usually unnecessary and often limiting. -- Bill Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
