Instead of:
MX: wkar.msu.edu: 20: wkar.msu.edu
Write:
MX: wkar.msu.edu: 20: gwava.wkar.msu.edu
This says that mail going to domain wkar.msu.edu should be sent to server gwava.wkar.msu.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Geiger [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 4:16 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] changing an MX record
I thought that is what I was saying I was going to do — move the one MX record from the mail server to the spam filter.
Kim
>>> On 8/8/2012 at 2:54 PM, "Wortz, Joshua" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I second what Nick has said!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kwiatkowski, Nicholas [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 2:50 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] changing an MX record
>
> Kim,
>
> That is not what you really want. The priorities are if one mail
server is
> too slow, or not responding. Mail servers are free to contact any
mail
> server you wish (and trust me, spammy mail will hit them all).
>
> You will want to set your ONLY MX record as the gwava.wkar.msu.edu.
(don't
> forget the period at the end), if that is what is doing your spam
filtering.
> That server then needs to relay this email to your primary box (and
it will
> do this via its own, internal configuration). This is also known as
> "smart-hosting".
>
> -Nick Kwiatkowski
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kim Geiger [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 2:39 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MSUNAG] changing an MX record
>
> I don't know why I am so nervous about making this change; probably
because
> I haven't done it in so long. So I thought I'd ask you folk to check
my work
> before I submit the actual request.
>
> I'm running a mail server. I want to move the spam filter off to its
own
> box, where it wants to be the SMTP server and receive and process the
mail
> (killing spam, of course) before sending it on to the mail server to
route to
> mailboxes.
>
> Here's what I have now:
>
> IP#1 wkar.msu.edu # Netware: PC: Novell mail
gateway
> MX: wkar.msu.edu: 20: wkar.msu.edu
>
> and here's what I think I want:
>
> IP#1 wkar.msu.edu # SuSE file/print/mail server
>
> IP#2 gwava.wkar.msu.edu #GWAVA spam filter
> MX: wkar.msu.edu: 20: wkar.msu.edu
>
>
> Am I right?
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