If you don't want mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] going through unfiltered.websiteworld.com then yes, get rid of that MX record.
On 13/11/2003 at 11:00:08, Mike Biddle wrote: > So I need to get rid of the MX records for unfiltered.websiteworld.com? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evan Pearce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 7:06 PM > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Email being routed through wrong IP address >> On 13/11/2003 at 10:26:19, Mike Biddle wrote: >> >> > When a create a new domain unfiltered.websiteworld.com on IP > 216.23.168.147 >> > other email started going through it that is not supposed to. >> >> > My email for [EMAIL PROTECTED] is supposed to go through >> > mail.websiteworld.com 216.23.168.145 and does UNLESS I add the above, > then >> > it started going through unfiltered. See below >> >> [snip] >> >> > Any suggestions? I've checked DNS entries etc. >> >> websiteworld.com. 3600 IN MX 10 > unfiltered.websiteworld.com. >> websiteworld.com. 3600 IN MX 100 mail.websiteworld.com. >> websiteworld.com. 3600 IN MX 10 mail.websiteworld.com. >> websiteworld.com. 3600 IN MX 10 > filtered.websiteworld.com. >> >> mail.websiteworld.com. 3600 IN A 216.23.168.145 >> filtered.websiteworld.com. 3600 IN A 216.23.168.146 >> unfiltered.websiteworld.com. 3600 IN A 216.23.168.147 >> >> mail, filtered and unfiltered are all listed as equal-preference MXs for >> websiteworld.com. That means anyone sending to websiteworld.com will >> pick one of those at random to try first - in this case it was >> unfiltered. >> >> You should note that even if you do meddle with the priorities, spammers >> often try not-best-preference MXs deliberately, in the (often correct) >> assumption that backup servers have less rigorous spam protection. If >> you don't want mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] going through >> unfiltered.websiteworld.com, it shouldn't be listed as an MX at all. >> >> Cheers, >> Evan >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> List Archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
