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  • 1.  Routing between interfaces

    Posted Jan 13, 2009 07:20 AM

    hi

     

    i have a scenario where am having an appliance on interface is connected directly to my internet router and this interface is assigned a public ip ( the MX recorde ip ) while the other interface is connected to my internal switch and assigned an internal ip .

     

    is there anyway to route the traffic between the  two interfaces like : interface with external ip recieves the mail and forward it to the downstream mail server by routing without passing thru the firewall.

     

    best regards 



  • 2.  RE: Routing between interfaces
    Best Answer

    Posted Jan 13, 2009 07:36 AM

     

    Hi Fahad,

     

    By default, inbound mail originating from the internet will be received on the interface designated as the inbound mail IP address and this interface will then send the messages to the internal mail servers. In a similar fashion, outbound messages originating from the internal mail servers destined for the internet will be received on the interface designated as the outbound mail IP address and this interface will then send the message onwards.

    In some situations, this may be undesirable behaviour and can be changed by editing a scanner from the Administration -> Hosts -> Configuration page, editing  the scanner, clicking the SMTP tab, and then clicking the Advanced SMTP Settings button on the bottom of the page, check the option to ‘Reverse Address Binding Strategy’.  After enabling the option to reverse the address binding strategy inbound mail originating from the internet will be received on the interface designated as the inbound mail IP address, but will be delivered to the internal mail servers from the interface designated as the outbound mail IP address.  In a similar fashion, outbound messages originating from the internal mail servers destined for the internet will be received on the interface designated as the outbound mail IP address but will be delivered onwards from the interface designated as the inbound mail IP address.

    Think that should sort you out.

    Kevin



  • 3.  RE: Routing between interfaces

    Posted Jan 13, 2009 08:11 AM
    i`ll try that and inform u


  • 4.  RE: Routing between interfaces

    Posted Jan 15, 2009 07:13 AM
    it works fine thanks for the clarifications, it seems this device has lot of features to utilize where am not aware of.