Dale

I know close to nothing about DNS, but what I have been trying to 
convince Warren in my emails (which must sound tedious to the list) 
is that his problem had very little to do with SIMS - it was just 
handling mail that was delivered to its IP and destined for an IP 
which was also itself.

The only way this could be true was if a DNS server somewhere mapped 
his client's domain name to his server's IP number. He stated that he 
had removed all of the DNS records related to this client - hence my 
assumption that there was a  rogue DNS (his secondary?) that was 
still pointing to his server.

It is rumored that on or about 2002-07-12 1:36 PM +0000, dale wrote as follows:
>Hi,
>
>>If you look at the SIMS documentation here:
>>
>>      http://www.stalker.com/SIMS/AntiSpam.html#Relay
>
>Not really related to the problem here.

It is very related because Warren couldn't understand why SIMS would 
accept mail for a domain not listed in the SIMS router. It is because 
SIMS doesn't care what the domain name is - it compares IPs when 
deciding if mail is from or for a "stranger", and his client is still 
getting mapped to his IP (and so is NOT a stranger).

Until he fixes the DNS entries, a simple routing to error will get 
rid of the stuff.

-- 
Neil

Neil Herber, RGD
Corporate info at http://www.eton.ca/
Eton Systems, 15 Pinepoint Drive, Nepean, ON, Canada K2H 6B1
Tel: (613) 829-4668


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