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    Internal load balance SMTP/POP3 servers

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      nixgeek
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      Hey All,

      Sorry if this has been asked and answered already. I seem to get hung up on load balanced pfsense
      chaos.

      I have two internal smtp and pop3 servers {shared storage mailboxes}. However when I opened the NAT
      firewall rule I can only specify one destination IP address. Is it possible to set the NAT rule on my Pfsense
      router to allow connections to either SMTP or POP3 server externally? Externally I only have one IP address
      via my ISP. Is this whats hosing me?

      Pfsense 2.0-BETA3
      built on Thu Jul 15 02:08:16 EDT 2010

      Please advise…

      Tim

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        eri--
        last edited by

        You can either put an alias there with many ips or just use services->load balancer

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          jits
          last edited by

          Also, be aware if you're traffic shaping and you're using secure pop3-s / smtp-s, you'll need to add those rules in the TS otherwise, regular mail will be faster than email.

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