# Proxy entity with multiple proxy checks
**URL:** https://discourse.sensu.io/t/proxy-entity-with-multiple-proxy-checks/1892
**Category:** Sensu Go
**Created:** [June 16, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/proxy-entity-with-multiple-proxy-checks/1892 "2020-06-16T15:17:15Z")
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### Author:  [@wedwards](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/wedwards)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/proxy-entity-with-multiple-proxy-checks/1892/1 "2020-06-16T15:17:15Z")
Hello,
Suppose this situation: I have one mail server which runs IMAP, SMTP and POP. I would like to execute proxy checks for IMAP, SMTP and POP. I would like those checks to be a part of one proxy entity, such as `mailserver.tld`
To do this, I should:
- Make my entity’s `proxy_type` entity attribute a list (e.g.: `imap`, `pop`, `smtp`)
- Change proxy check’s `entity.labels.proxy_type` to check if the value is _in_ `proxy_type` instead of if `proxy_type` matches its value (`"entity.labels.proxy_type == '{{ item.name }}'"`)
However, according to [https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/latest/reference/filters/#syntax-quick-reference](https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/latest/reference/filters/#syntax-quick-reference), I cannot check if the value is in the list, which would make it impossible to do this.
Is this correct?
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### Author:  [@todd](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/todd)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/proxy-entity-with-multiple-proxy-checks/1892/2 "2020-06-16T16:11:39Z")
I believe you are correct in that lists are not supported for these attributes.
I think the following might work better:
- Make the entity’s `proxy_type` attribute `mailserver`
- Create 3 checks, one each for IMAP, SMTP, and POP and set the `entity.labels.proxy_type == 'mailserver'`
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### Author:  [@wedwards](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/wedwards)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/proxy-entity-with-multiple-proxy-checks/1892/3 "2020-06-16T18:09:09Z")
That seems to work, kind of. I have that working with an `or` conditional so I can reuse checks, but no events seem to be generated when there’s a lot of `entity.labels.proxy_type` values. Will debug further…