Re: exim on laptops: smarthost on demand

[andreas.gredler@gmx.at]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 03:13:11AM +0100, Steve Dobson wrote:
> Hi Andreas
 
[ router config ]

> You almost got it to work:  I'm using the same lookup trick by I do a
> "bydns_a" not a "buname".  Here is my smart host entry (with like breaks
> inclused where necessary:
>   smarthost:
>     driver = domainlist
>     transport = smtp
>     #
>     # The following line allows dynamic routing of outgoing mail.  The file
>     # /var/state/exim/smarthost has the following format:
>     #     smarthost <smarthost>
>     # It is written by a the various start up scripts to where outgoing mail
>     # should be sent.  When connected to my ISP (Demon) it points to
>     # "post.demon.co.uk".
>     route_list = "* ${lookup{smarthost}lsearch{/var/state/exim/smarthost}{$value}
> {no.smart.host}} bydns_a"
>   end

You are just looking up the smarthost, this also worked for me. Problems
start when looking up the domain itself instead of using an asterisk.

greets Jimmy

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