OT: malscanner server bypassed

[Martin Hepworth]

Or secondary MX's pointing @ the pop server?

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Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> Jan Agermose wrote:
> 
>>Hi
>>
>> 
>>
>>A bit off topic i think J I have a mailscanner server running in front
>>of the pop3/smtp server. As the pop3 server receives mail for domains
>>not handled by the mailscanner server I cannot close down the pop3
>>server for mail not coming from/through the mailscanner.
>>
>>Now the problem is that a lot of spam seams to hit the pop3 server for
>>domains handled by the mailscanner but looking at the mailheader it
>>looks like the spammails where delivered to the pop3 server directly
>>bypassing the mailscanner. Could this be correct? And is this possible
>>to prevent in any?
>>
>> 
>>
>>The MX of the domain is pointing to the mailscanner server.
>>
>> 
> 
> 
> Firewall rules?
> 
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