Re: exim configuration
For future reference read the Linux Network Administrator's Guide
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/index.html
for everything you wanted to know about how Linux/Unix OSs look at email.
For this time though -
Yes your machine could send mail directly. In that case, you wouldn't need a
smarthost. But some machines are not connected 24/7. My home machines get
shut down when they are not in use. In my case I prefer to use a smarthost to
deliver mail for me. A smarthost _is_ connected 24/7 and will attempt to
resend mails if it can't connect the first time.
Does that help?
dar
On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> well, here is what i discovered wrt questions shyamal had asked.
>
> i am yet to understand the term smtp smart host.
>
> the way i look at it is, i am connected to the net. i have dns servers
> resolving hostnames for me. do i still need something else *on some
> other machine* to send mails?
>
> anyway, here are answers:
>
> so far as smarthost is concerned, i do not know yet! but frankly, i
> think a machine with the net access and dns access should be in a
> position to send e-mails independent of other machines (read -
> smarthost). of course, correct me if i am wrong
>
> yes. i can do dns lookup from my machine. dig throws back some numbers -
> but doesnt report an error. dig -t A returned some nice looking data. so
> dns lookup seems not to be a problem. by the way, do not all machines
> who have a dns server entry have dns lookup ability?
>
> so, some solution on this?
>
> thanx again
>
> -sandip
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