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That helps, I will give this a try, thanks :)<br />
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Chris
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That helps, I will give this a try, thanks :)

Chris

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There are three ip addresses on my server. &nbsp;A spamfilter I have 'listens' on one of them. &nbsp;I need to edit the dns configuration (on my hosting companies dns - which can be edited through the member area) so that mail from a domain on a different ip address goes through the ip with the spam filter.<br />
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Right now, the MX records look like:<br />
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mail.sampledomain.com. &nbsp; (MX) &nbsp;10 mail.theknotlongdistance.c<wbr />om.<br />
sampledomain.com. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(MX) &nbsp;10 mail.theknotlongdistance.c<wbr />om.<br />
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mail.sampledomain.com &nbsp;(A) &nbsp;with a numeric ip address<br />
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I found that I could change that third one (enter the spamfilter's ip) and send mail to user@mail.sampledomain.com<wbr /> and it will go through the spamfilter just fine.<br />
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However, mail sent to user@sampledomain.com does not get routed through the spamfilter.<br />
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So...... can I simple change the MX records (10 mail.theknotlongdistance.c<wbr />om.) to the ip address I want mail routed through?<br />
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What does the '10' do, and should I include that?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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Chris
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There are three ip addresses on my server.  A spamfilter I have 'listens' on one of them.  I need to edit the dns configuration (on my hosting companies dns - which can be edited through the member area) so that mail from a domain on a different ip address goes through the ip with the spam filter.

Right now, the MX records look like:

mail.sampledomain.com.   (MX)  10 mail.theknotlongdistance.com.
sampledomain.com.          (MX)  10 mail.theknotlongdistance.com.

mail.sampledomain.com  (A)  with a numeric ip address

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I found that I could change that third one (enter the spamfilter's ip) and send mail to user@mail.sampledomain.com and it will go through the spamfilter just fine.

However, mail sent to user@sampledomain.com does not get routed through the spamfilter.

So...... can I simple change the MX records (10 mail.theknotlongdistance.com.) to the ip address I want mail routed through?

What does the '10' do, and should I include that?

Thanks,

Chris

editing MX dns records

A web server refers to the software that helps to deliver web content that can be accessed either through the Internet or through an intranet. The primary function of a web server is to store, process and deliver web pages to clients. The communication between client and server takes place using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The most common use of web servers is to host websites, but there are other uses such as gaming, data storage, running enterprise applications, handling email, FTP, etc.