Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:58:10 +0200 From: Peter Nyamukusa <petern@africaonline.co.zw> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th>, mo.babaei@gmail.com Subject: Re: Setting another machine as a firewall Message-ID: <200701031358.11872.petern@africaonline.co.zw> In-Reply-To: <200701030934.l039Yj5a092403@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <5bf3a41f0701030128gd2ce04wb6fe8df882aa80e2@mail.gmail.com> <200701030934.l039Yj5a092403@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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On Wednesday 03 January 2007 11:34, Olivier Nicole wrote: > > i want to set another machine as a firewall for my mail server to prevent > > receiving huge number of spams each day. > > so, how shuold i change my DNS to do this ? Also note that port 25 on the firewall should be open, either accepting email as an SMTP Gateway or redirecting incoming SMTP requests on port 25 to your mail server. > > Have your MX reccord to point to the firewall mail server. > > But before you do that, you should make sure that the firewall is > set-up and configured and running. > > Olivier > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Peter Nyamukusa Systems Administrator Africa Online Zimbabwe Tel: +263-4-250890 Fax: +263-4-702203 E-mail: petern@africaonlineco.zw AIM: petenya Africa Online Disclaimer and Confidentiality Note This e-mail, its attachments and any rights attaching hereto are, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the property of Africa Online Holdings (Mauritius) Limited and/or its subsidiaries ("the Group"). It is confidential and intended for the addressee only. Should you not be the addressee and have received this e-mail by mistake, kindly notify the sender, delete this e-mail immediately and do not disclose or use the same in any manner whatsoever. Views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender unless clearly stated as those of the Group. The Group accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages, however incurred, resulting from the use of this e-mail or its attachments. The Group does not warrant the integrity of this e-mail, nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. For more information about Africa Online, please visit our website at http://www.africaonline.com
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