Re: exim configuration

[Sandip P Deshmukh <deshmukh@escortsmumbai.com>]

Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 08:08:20PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
>
> | i am yet to understand the term smtp smart host.
>
> Whether or not to use a smarthost or to make your own host smart is a
> choice.  The "typical home user" will use a smarthost.  The smarthost
> is the host you told Outlook or Netscape (or whatever) to use as the
> outgoing server.  
now here is the problem. i tried supplying the same ip address to my 
eximconf as smarthost address. but it could not send messages over the net!

> If you use a smarthost, then your machine's config
> can be fairly simple _and_ you won't need to be connected for extended
> periods of time to ensure the mail is delivered (eg if the
> receipient's system is down temporarily).
typically, i am connected for periods long enough for sending the small 
amount of mail i need to handle. so, do i still have to depend on some 
other smart host?

-sandip