| SpamWall Control Panel -
IP/Domain Setup |
As detailed in the Initial Setup & Configuration
Section, the "IP/Domain Setup" screen is where you
can add, delete or modify the domains for which
email handling and processing will be done by the
SpamWall system.
To set up your SpamWall system to accept and process
email for a domain log into the SpamWall system
control panel and select "IP/Domain Setup" in the
menu bar.
You will be presented with a screen that will allow
you to configure the IP address and domain name
settings for the domains you would like to have the
SpamWall process email for.
The "Primary Mail Server Setting" will
already be configured with a "spamwall.yourdomain.com"
type sub-domain along with the IP address which is
associated with your SpamWall system.
The "Primary Mail Server Setting" is a FIXED
setting and should not be modified.
The domains for which you will set up processing for
should be configured under the "Additional Relay
Domains" heading of the "IP/Domain Setup" screen
in the control panel.
In the "Mail Server" field you should place
the name of the domain or sub-domain you want the
SpamWall system to process email for. This would be
in the "yourdomain.com" format.
The IP address of the "destination mail server",
which is usually your existing mail server for a
given domain, should be placed in the "Server's
IP Address" field in the "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
format.
The "Server Port" is the port number that you
want the processed email to be delivered to. This is
usually your mail servers default SMTP port, which
is usually Port 25.
After completing the "Mail Server", "Server IP
Address" and "Server Port" fields you select the
"Add Server" button to complete the process of
adding the server.
The SpamWall system will then confirm that the new
entry has been successfully set up and the system
restarted. The new receiving mail servers added
along with their associated domains, IP numbers and
port numbers will appear below.
Domains that you have set up to have email processed
for on your SpamWall system can be deleted by
selecting "Delete" under the "Action" heading on the
list of domains at the bottom of the "IP/Domain
Setup" screen. You will be prompted to confirm any
deletions by the system before a domain is finally
deleted.
NOTE that the "localhost/127.0.0.1" entry that is
pre-configured in your SpamWall system on setup is
required by the system and should not be removed
otherwise this could cause the system to
malfunction. In the unlikely event that you
accidentally delete this entry you will need to
contact support to have it restored.
Once you have set up your SpamWall to provide email
filtering for your domain(s) you then need to direct
email for your domains to the SpamWall system for
processing.
This is done by modifying the "MX" record for a
given domain to map it to the IP address of your
SpamWall system. An MX Record or a "Mail Exchange"
record tells mail servers around the world where to
send the email for your domain.
The MX Record for a domain is contained in the DNS
zone file for the domain on the DNS server or
servers which provide service for that domain.
In order to modify the MX record to route email to
your SpamWall system for processing the following
records in the domain zone file will need to be
modified:
domain.com. IN MX 0 216.55.101.xxx.
domain.com. IN MX 10 216.55.101.xxx. |
The "216.55.101.xxx." reference would represent the
IP address of your SpamWall system which was
provided along with your SpamWall system setup
details. Note that there must be a terminating "."
character at the end of the IP number in the MX
record.
You should also comment out any existing "pop" entry
in the zone file for the domain in the following
manner using the ";" character:
;pop IN A 192.168.173.100
An alternative MX setup would be as follows:
domain.com. IN MX 0 pop
domain.com. IN MX 10 pop
pop IN A 216.55.101.xxx |
In this case the primary and secondary MX records
for “domain.com” are associated with the “pop”
record attached to the “domain.com” entry, which
itself has an “A” record set up to map it to the
216.55.101.xxx IP address of the SpamWall system.
Another option would be to set up an “A” record for
“spamwall.yourdomain.com” which is mapped to the IP
address of your SpamWall system and then associate
the MX records with the “spamwall” host name. In
this case the MX record entries would look like
this:
domain.com. IN MX 0 spamwall
domain.com. IN MX 10 spamwall
spamwall IN A 216.55.101.xxx |
After making any modifications to the DNS zone file
for a domain you will need to re-start the DNS
server in order to make these changes "live".
If you do not have access to the DNS zone file for
your domain then the technical administrator of your
domain, which would likely either be your ISP or web
hosting provider, should be able to modify the MX
records for you.
If you require any advice or assistance with
modifying the MX records for your domain to route
email to your SpamWall system you can contact
support for assistance with this.
If the provider of DNS services for your domain
provides you with access to a control panel system
for modification of DNS records you will need to
consult the documentation associated with the
service in order to determine how to re-map the MX
record for your domain to your SpamWall system.
If your DNS service provider is unable to assist you
with the modification or re-mapping of your MX
record you should contact support for advice and
assistance with this.
Note that due to distributed nature of the DNS
system the MX records you have modified or set up to
route email to your SpamWall system may not result
in all email being directed to your SpamWall system
immediately. It may take up to 24 hours or more for
the new MX information to propagate (be available to
all other DNS servers) across the Internet so that
all email for any given domain is directed to your
SpamWall system.
Until propagation is fully completed some email for
your domain may be directed to your SpamWall system
and some may continue to be directed to your regular
email server however no email will be lost or mis-directed
during this transition.
If you have any questions about the modification of
MX records or re-direction of email for your domain
to your SpamWall system or if you require any advice
or assistance with any action related to this you
should
contact support for assistance.
