On 16:11, Thu 27 Sep 07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to build a spamd box that will be setting next to and not > in front of the actual mx server. > > I'm thinking I won't be able to do a straight reflection, and will > probably need some sort of proxy. Anyone done similar? > > I'm thinking netcat proxy or ssh tunnel, but I'm interested in what > others have done and what would be the most elegant solution. > > I'm leaning away from netcat because we tend to get a lot of message > and an open copy of netcat (called via inetd) for each message might > be kind heavy, OTOH what if the ssh tunnel were to go down? At least > via inetd one lost connection wouldn't affect the opening of another.
Get a switch that can copy traffic from/to a port to another port on the switch. That way you can get the same data to your real MX and to your spamd box. This looks like a weird setup to me though. Why cant you run spamd in front of your MX ? -- Michiel van Baak [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://michiel.vanbaak.eu GnuPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x71C946BD "Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?"
