>Aha, so you say that I should forget the secondary mailserver and accept all
>incoming mail with my mailserver, as I will then store and forward the
>mail.. Yes, that would be an idea.
the best idea. :)))
> > > but I have added these lines to
> > >the file "hosts":
> > >127.0.0.1 localhost
> > >194.242.x.x customer.com
> > You will also need mail.customer.com
>
>Are you really sure about this?
yes, how does Imail no where to forward the mail for
mail.customer.com host? There isn't any "automatic host aliasing" in
hosts file. customer.com does not necessarily imply:
*.customer.com
>The MX record in the DNS is called "mail.customer.com", and I have
>an A-Record for that MX-Record in DNS.
That has absoluteley nothing to do with mail after it has been
delivered to Imail.
>But mail is sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and NOT to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
but you never know, so be prepared.
>So do I really a mail.customer.com entry in the NT-Hosts file?
Do you have enough disk space to add that line in hosts file?
Do you also have an MX record for mail.customer.com?
> > >Under Relay-Settings in SMTP-Security I have:
> > >"accept mail for local hosts only"
> > no, it must be relay for addresses
>
>No, I am not sure that you are right here.
>See at: http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-19990715-DM02.htm
> >If you allow relaying by local hosts or local users only (in SMTP
>Security), you can cause additional hostnames and individual e-mail
>addresses to be seen as local if you enter them in a file called
>"accept.txt" in the IMail root directory (i.e., c:\imail\accept.txt).
yes, that "should" work. But note that relay for local hosts/users
is insecure and you should assume the spammers will find you and
hijack your mail server to send mail.
>Relaying for addresses would not be possible as we have customer from all
>over the world with every possible ip.
So have them use SMTP AUTH to relay through you, or, preferably, have
them send their outbound mail through their local access provider.
If you do not use "relay for addresses", the spammers gonna getcha.
>"Relaying for adresses" is not possible.
prepare to suffer
>So you say that the bug is in the missing "mail.customer.com" entry
>in the "hosts" file?
Try and it see.
Len
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