by Hello,
I would like all SMTP requests whether internal/external
to go through one nic device. I want all other internet connections to
go through another nic device. All nic devices are in the same machine.
Basically I want all SMTP requests to remain on the current nic and not
be routed through another nic because it is the default route. I would
like the request to stay on the same nic from start to finish.
Currently a request comes in on one nic and then gets transferred to
another nic because it is my default route. But, my provider blocks the
port for SMTP and the reply to the request is never sent back to the
client.
A current example follows:
1. I get SMTP request on nic ppp0.
2. I send the reply to the request and it gets routed to nic
eth1 since it is my default route.
Since my provider has blocked port 25(SMTP) the
reply never gets sent back to the requestor(client).
What I want follows:
1. I get SMTP request on nic ppp0.
2. I send the reply to the request on nic ppp0.
Tom