Mailscanner workhorse

[Martin Hepworth]

MailScanner Mailbox wrote:

> Hello All
>
> I hope I can explain what it is I would like to do.
>
> Basically, I would like to have a machine acting as our primary mail
> server that excepts smtp connections from the outside world (using
> sendmail), and does all the virus and spam scanning, none of our members
> would ever connect to this machine. Once the message was cleaned and/or
> appropriate headers added, the mail would then be forwarded to a second
> machine (also running sendmail and procmail) and then put in the members
> mailbox.
>
> What I need to know is how do I get the mailscanner machine to do all the
> work and then pass the message onto another machine.
> I am using sendmail 8.12.10 and procmail 3.22 I will be installing the
> latest and greatest MailScanner and SpamAssassin.
>
> Thank you for any and all suggestions
>
> Rick N
Rick

We have  the external DNS MX records pointing at the MailScanner box
(via a firewall and NAT). the MS box scans the email and then uses an
internal DNS with different MX records to pass it on to the actual mail
host.

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Martin Hepworth
Senior Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic Ltd
tel: +44 (0)1865 842300



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