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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? -- Kim Geiger WKAR Radio & Television, WKAR.org East Lansing, Michigan