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mpete32_168869
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Oct 09, 2014

Routing outbound smtp traffic through F5 LTM

Needing assistance in properly architecting the outbound routing of email from an internal SMTP server through an F5 LTM appliance sitting in a DMZ. We use Symantec's Messagelabs spam product for al...
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Oct 09, 2014

You will at the very least need a Forwarding VIP for SMTP to allow mail outbound, and probably a another standard VIP for inbound mail.

 

You can get more secure by adding an irule to limit what mail servers can send outbound mail.