Registering mail hosts
Chris Salter <[email protected]> Thu, 4 May 2006 19:11:08 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.mail.spam.spamcop.help |
|---|---|
| Organization | Original Think-tank |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Although I first started reporting spam to Spamcop at least as far back as early 2002 I stopped reporting several years ago; precisely why I cannot recall. Having decided to give it a go again I am having a slight difficulty deciding how to respond to the mail hosts configuration set of pages. I understand the general principal of configuring the final receiving host first BUT this appears to not quite dovetail with my particular set-up. I will try and explain. The final receiving 'mail host', which I will call 'domain Z extension', is a pop3 server running on my PC, i.e. I have configured it to use domain Z in the receiving header it generates. It collects mail from all my other hosts. Domain Z is also my legacy domain and Broadband provider BUT I do not collect legacy email directly from its servers. Instead, I have domain A hosted at a different service provider which automatically collects mail from domain Z and drops it in a domain A pop3 mailbox. The same provider also hosts half a dozen or so further domains that I manage, e.g. domains B,C,D,E etc and the final destination of all mail for those domains and of course Domain A is my local pop3 server, domain Z extension. My registered Spamcop address is in Domain A, not Domain Z. Domain Z mail is only collected at hourly intervals and is also filtered through Brightmail at Domain Z. Domain A mail is also filtered through SpamAssassin but I have total control over that so I prefer my Spamcop reporting address to be under that domain. The problem is that the first hosting domain configuration page (which has to be for the last receiving host) appears to be tied into the spamcop reporting address which is NOT the last receiving host in the chain. Advice anyone? Thanks, Chris -- Chris Salter