> > For best performance have no direct TCP connections between your mail server > and the outside world. Have the MX records point to an inbound-relay which > sends the mail to the real server. hello :-) i pretty much dont get this part. what should be done is to point the MX record to another mail server ? what also confused me is, how does that server send the mail to the "real server" ? errr, did i ask the right question ? cheers, Chad