What if you found out the ISP that they use, then simply CNAME their
'smtp.domain.com' domain name to their ISP's mail server A record, then
setup the A record for their 'pop.domain.com' to your IMAIL server. Then
just have them use
'smtp.domain.com' for their outgoing mailserver and 'pop.domain.com' as
their incoming mail server. I currently have all of my domains set to use
this scheme, but for now they're all pointing to the same machine :-P
I did this so I could break the outbound out to a virus scanning server
later on.
william
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Brantley
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 2:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SMTP Connection Problem
Regarding...
> We decided to ask customer's you use their ISP's
> SMTP server to send mail, the reason being that
> we wanted to limit traffic on the boxes, whose
> main use is for hosting and did not want to run
> the risk of ill thought out mass mailings or
> other shenanigans impacting hosting. Of course
> for web interface, they use the Imail server for
> outbound smtp.
> Have your customers use the ISP's smtp server for
> outbound mail,and use your Imail pop3 server for
> receiving their mail.
> What am I missing here that I don't see the
> "issue" with this scenario? What is the issue?
> It would seem it would be a good thing..because less
> traffic will flow through your Imail server
> taking up fewer resources.
I have had this debate with my partner system
administrator. I believe this is a
"school of thought" situation.
I know users that would find this change to be
over their heads.
You, the Imail provider, may be expected to find
the information from their dial-up provider and
explain it to the user.
For most Imail providers it is just plain easier to
give the user a locally controlled, locally named
SMTP server name.
db
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