AW: [exim] Verification on front end spam servers

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Author: Steffen Heil
Date:  
To: exim-users
New-Topics: [exim] Callout Verification - in router - specifying server address
Subject: AW: [exim] Verification on front end spam servers
Hi

> Server A is a fromt end spam filtering server running Exim. Lowest MX

records point to Server A. Server A filters spam and viruses and forwards
email to server B where the real email accounts are.

First, if you want all your mail going through that spam filter, remove make
that Server A the ONLY mx entry!

> So - if servers in the outside world want to verify an email address - how

would that work? Can exim accept a verify on Server B and pass the request
to Server A ? How does that work and how do you set it up?

There are two ways.

First, use a cron job to copy your user table from server B to server A. So
server A can easily check incoming addresses.

Second, use call-out verification from server A for each incoming address to
server B. This will reflect changes in B's users table more recently, but
will put additional burdon on that Server.

Regards,
Steffen