Re: Exim, Pine, and smtp-server

[Dpk <dpk@egr.msu.edu>]

On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Jor-el wrote:

   
   Hi,
   
           I use exim as the MTA and the relay_domains option is not
   set (commented out). When the smtp-server parameter is configured
   in pine to be that for the machine running the MTA, I get an error
   whenever I send mail to non-local addresses. The error says that
   the administrator has set up the MTA so that relaying mail for
   anything other than non-local domains is prohibited.
   
           However, when the smtp-server parameter is not set in pine,
   I can send mail just fine. Is this expected behaviour or a bug in
   pine?
   
Expected... Due to your configuration, when pine makes a connection to
port 25 (smtp), your machines does not recognize it as local.

If you configure an smtp-server, pine will attempt to make a direct
connection to the server to send the e-mail, otherwise (no smtp
server) it will submit it through /usr/lib/sendmail.

I tested this with my default install of exim and received the same
response when configuring the smtp-server option.  I have been running
without it configured for over a year and have not had any other
problems.

Dennis
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Dennis Kelly <dpk@egr.msu.edu>
Network Adminstrator
College of Engineering, MSU