On 06/23/03 23:38 +0100, Mr. Adam ALLEN wrote: > I've done quite a bit of searching and reading but haven't found an > answer yet. > > AOL.com and RoadRunner block incoming mail from IP's that belong to > residential customers- my ISP's server is a bit flaky at times. > > I want to instruct sendmail (can be convinced to use postfix easily), to > forward mail for specific domains to the ISP's SMTP server, and all > other mail through my own sendmail. > > I've only found smarthost and mailhub options so far which aren't quite > what I want (don't want all external mail to go via the ISP). > > My only solution in mind is to play about with BIND so that MX queries > for AOL.com are answered with my ISP's MX - and see if that solves the > problem. That's probably not the *right* solution though Have a look in the archives for the Red Hat list. There's a huge thread from last week (100+ postings on this topic) in response to my query very much like yours. My solution was to use Smart Host. I discovered that I was sending direclty from my machine, i.e. was running a mail server, and that is why AOL was bouncing my mail. My solution and other ideas are in the thread. John
