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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?