SPF

[Stephen Swaney]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Ken Goods
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 2:05 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: SPF
>
> John Hinton scribbled on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:57 AM:
>
> > Steve Evans wrote:
> >
> >> You got it backwards.  If you have Sendmail doing SPF it would drop
> >> the mail before it get's to MailScanner.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I guess that's where I'm getting confused. On the install of
> > MailScanner, it said to stop sendmail and run MailScanner which then
> > seems to start sendmail as needed. So the order seemed
> > backwards to me.
> > It would be nice to get a step by step of just what happens
> > as an email
> > first hits a system to the point of its delivery into the user's
> > mailbox. I've never had a really clear picture of this series
> > of events,
> > and it is pretty complex with procmail, access, AV, SA and so
> > on called
> > during the transport. The hardest part for me, would be the RBLs run
> > with MailScanner. Does MS immediately call sendmail and then
> > run the RBL
> > checks after email passes any other rules set through sendmail?
> >
> > Sorry, but I'm having a hard time getting this part down.
> >
> > Best,
> > John Hinton
>
There is also a diagram and documentation of how MailScanner processes mail
in the Mailscanner manual http://www.fsl.com/support

Steve

Stephen Swaney
President
Fortress Systems Ltd.
Steve.Swaney at FSL.com


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