Re: configuring exim
High,
On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> hello all!
>
> aim: set up a mail system that will deliver mail from my linux box
> irrespctive of any other computer and will fetch mail from a few pop
> addresses i have
>
> setup: i run debian 3.0. it has a static ip address. it is connected to
> a lan. lan is run by nt server. there is a gateway that we use to
> connect to the internet. all the three machines mentioned here have
> static ip addresses 192.168.100.xx. there are two dns servers with their
> own ip addresses.
>
> where am i stuck: i think if i know correct answers for following
> sections on exim.conf, i am home!
>
I have compared my configuration with yours. Mine works perfectly:
computers in the network send their mail to my mailserver in the network,
and that one sends it through to a relaying mail server (since port 25 is
filtered/blocked by most ISP's).
> ######################################################################
> # TRANSPORTS CONFIGURATION #
> ######################################################################
> # ORDER DOES NOT MATTER #
> # Only one appropriate transport is called for each delivery. #
> ######################################################################
>
>
> # This transport is used for delivering messages over SMTP connections.
>
> remote_smtp:
> driver = smtp
> authenticate_hosts = what.do.i.write.here
>
I do not have the authenticate_host set, only driver=smtp
> # To use SMTP AUTH when sending to a particular host, such as your ISP's
> # smarthost, uncomment and edit the above line, and also the example
> # client-side authenticators at the bottom of the file
>
> end
>
> ######################################################################
> # ROUTERS CONFIGURATION #
> # Specifies how remote addresses are handled #
> ######################################################################
> # ORDER DOES MATTER #
> # A remote address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted. #
> ######################################################################
>
> # Remote addresses are those with a domain that does not match any item
> # in the "local_domains" setting above.
>
> # Send all mail to a smarthost
>
> smarthost:
> driver = domainlist
> transport = remote_smtp
> route_list = "* what.do.i.write.here byname(or something else?)"
>
> end
>
route_list = "* smtp.myisp.com byname"
> for more information, my gateway is 192.168.100.22, nt server (lan
> server) is 192.168.100.1 and my machine is 192.168.100.21
>
> in windows, 192.168.100.1 worked perfectly as smtp server! apparently,
> they run some merakmail software on that machine. but i do not want to
> use it!
>
> i tried toying with the what.do.i.write.here part, but was not able to
> deliver mail to remote servers. i could deliver mail to
> sandip@deshmukh.work address
>
Most ISP's do not allow you to connect to other computers to port 25 since
a lot of people configure buggy mailservers which were used as an open
relay for spam. The solution is to relay messaged to the outgoing mail
server your ISP has given you.
Greetz,
Sebastiaan
> thanx in advance
>
> -sandip
>
>
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