General Information on Secure Mail Servers

The mail handler on the Firewall will forward all incoming mail to a centralized mail handler to store and route mail to and from the hosts in the inside network. Use this function to identify the appropriate servers.

When you add a service, that service is enabled. When you remove a service, that service is disabled.

Note:For security purposes, you should only send mail from the Firewall when the administrator has a telnet session to the Firewall on port 25. Otherwise, the secure domain name of the firewall may be exposed to the world. The AIX mail facility will bypass the Firewall mail gateway when sent from the Firewall locally.

Hints for Configuring Firewall Mail Services:

Further Information

Handling Domain Name and Mail Services

Secure Mail Servers List

The list shows the current values used by the Firewall for this function. To select, click on the row desired and then select an action by clicking a button on the right.

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Add new mail server
Mail server

Open

After selecting an item on the list, press the "Open" button to view or modify that item. To add a new item, select "NEW" item on the list and press "Open".

Copy

The "Copy" button helps save time when adding new items to the list. After selecting an item on the list, press the "Copy" button to create an item that is similar to the selected item. Pressing the "Copy" button will open a new item that will copy field values from the item that was selected on the list. You will then be able to modify field values as needed for the new item.

Delete

Press the "Delete" button to delete a selected item from the list.

Close

Press the "Close" button to eliminate the window from your display.

Refresh

Click "Refresh" to re-access the data from the Firewall and re-display the data on this panel.