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 preve= nt > > 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 ema= il=20 as an SMTP Gateway or redirecting incoming SMTP requests on port 25 to your= =20 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" =2D-=20 Peter Nyamukusa Systems Administrator Africa Online Zimbabwe Tel: =C2=A0 =C2=A0+263-4-250890 =46ax: =C2=A0 =C2=A0+263-4-702203 E-mail: petern@africaonlineco.zw AIM: =C2=A0 petenya Africa Online Disclaimer and Confidentiality Note=20 This e-mail, its attachments and any rights attaching hereto are,=20 unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the property of=20 Africa Online Holdings (Mauritius) Limited and/or its subsidiaries=20 ("the Group"). It is confidential and intended for the addressee=20 only. Should you not be the addressee and have received this e-mail=20 by mistake, kindly notify the sender, delete this e-mail=20 immediately and do not disclose or use the same in any manner=20 whatsoever. Views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those=20 of the sender unless clearly stated as those of the Group. The=20 Group accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages,=20 however incurred, resulting from the use of this e-mail or its=20 attachments. The Group does not warrant the integrity of this=20 e-mail, nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or=20 interference. For more information about Africa Online, please=20 visit our website at http://www.africaonline.com
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