Re: RFC Configuration

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From: Rich Matheisen [MVP] (richnews_at_rmcons.com.NOSPAM.COM)
Date: 03/19/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:04:49 -0500

"Jodi" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Thank you for this information. The dsbl.org would like me to have the address configured with the Public IP of our Router. Is this going to make my Exchange server more vulnerable? I am just not that familiar with IP.

your router? what's going to be listening on port 25 there to deal
with the message?

more likely, it's the ip address assigned to you smtp's public
interface they want -- especially if you're nat'ing the addresses.
that's also the address that i noted as 1.2.3.4 in my reply. 

-- 
Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
MS Exchange FAQ at http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm

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