Need help with setting up proxmox / server / clients

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Hello

I'm very confused because I don't really understand how ProxMox does it's job.

What I try to do:

Some ICPs mailboxes on our domain -> existing gateway doing mail-proxy and www-proxy -> ProxMox -> user clients

Our ICP is hosting our domain and our external eMail. These are actually downloaded automatically by our mail and web-proxy (AVM Ken!). This proxy is able to forward incoming eMail to whatever I wish to. I set up a test-mail-account which forwards mail to my proxmox-machine (I tried both ports 25 and 26), which doesn't seem to accept the mails.

What I'd like to know:
1st: I think I have to configure my clients to talk to ProxMox as if it were my current mail proxy. Next ProxMox needs to know what my current mail proxy is. If a user requests something from ProxMox, it just forwards the request to my original mail-proxy - is this right?
2nd: If 1st is right, I can't see why I should forward mails to ProxMox (did I get something wrong?)
3rd: Is it possible to do what I'd like to do?

Regards

Manuel

 

[martin]

Hello

I'm very confused because I don't really understand how ProxMox does it's job.

What I try to do:

Some ICPs mailboxes on our domain -> existing gateway doing mail-proxy and www-proxy -> ProxMox -> user clients

Our ICP is hosting our domain and our external eMail. These are actually downloaded automatically by our mail and web-proxy (AVM Ken!). This proxy is able to forward incoming eMail to whatever I wish to. I set up a test-mail-account which forwards mail to my proxmox-machine (I tried both ports 25 and 26), which doesn't seem to accept the mails.

What I'd like to know:
1st: I think I have to configure my clients to talk to ProxMox as if it were my current mail proxy. Next ProxMox needs to know what my current mail proxy is. If a user requests something from ProxMox, it just forwards the request to my original mail-proxy - is this right?

Hello Manuel,
Proxmox Mail Gateway is a proxy so you cannot point your E-mail Clients to the Proxmox.

2nd: If 1st is right, I can't see why I should forward mails to ProxMox (did I get something wrong?)

You should forward all your incoming E-mail traffic (smtp) from your firewall to your Proxmox and from your Proxmox to your internal Mailserver.

In this scenario, Proxmox can filter viruses, spam emails, etc.

3rd: Is it possible to do what I'd like to do??)

As far as I understand your scenario, no. Proxmox is the right product when you operate your own mail server, you use your ISP for mailhosting.

You can take a look in our documentation:
http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/cms/front_content.php?client=1&lang=1&idcat=11

Regards,
martin