At 8:11 PM -0400 10/16/01, Bill Cole wrote: >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.
Actually, I just checked and there is no MX record for the "Mail" host at that domain. So now I'm puzzled as to why my router was looping... -- Internet Tools for Business -- <http://www.CyberSpaces.net/> E-commerce web hosting ############################################################# 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]>
