>We are running Trend Interscan and I want to know how to lock down our Imail
>server to stop relaying. Interscan runs on port 25 and forwards all email to
>port 10025 where IMail resides. The problem with using the 'accept.txt' file
>is that you need to specifiy individual users who can relay, you cant just
>put @xyz.com or @abc.com. Is there anyway around this? At present I have a
>open relay :(

Let' see if I can't add a few "(" to that singular ":("

The pb I've heard with these av scanners front-ending to Internet is 
that they have no anti-relay.  They accept everything, so the RSS & 
ORBS probes conclude the server is open relay. :((

afaics, closing the relay of Imail does nothing in this above situation.  :(((

The other pb with AVS + Imail on same machine is SMTP AUTH.  You tell 
your users to send their outgoing to Imail.domain.com but :25 is the 
AV thingy, and he can't do SMTP AUTH since he doesn't know about your 
users, only about domains.  :((((

Of course, these av scannners are horribly CPU and disk expensive, so 
if you're doing also-expensive Web messaging all on the same box, 
you're stepping in it.  :(((((

"Apart from that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

Whatever, to close relay in Imail:

1. at you border route, block spoofing of your internal ip's.

2. in Imail, "relay for addresses" and enter your adddresses

3. in Imail, NT hosts file, enter your default ip and imail host name.

4. in Imail, UNcheck Disable SMTP AUTH reporting

5. in your users' mail programs, activate SMTP AUTH

Get smart, Phil:

1. put the AV on its own box, with hostname avbox.ISPdomain.com

2. put Imail on its own box.

In DNS:

domain.com.        MX 10  avbox.ISPdomain.com.
mail.domain.com.   MX 10  avbox.ISPdomain.com.
smtp.domain.com.   MX 20  smtp.domain.com.

pop.domain.com.      A  ip of Imail
smtp.domain.com.     A  ip of Imail
webmail.domain.com.   A  ip of imail

Tell you web surfer to pick up their mail here: http://webmail.domain.com

Tell your users of mail programs:

1. Turn on SMTP AUTH
2. send outgoing mail to: smtp.domain.com
3. read POP3 mail at:     pop.domain.com

Len


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