exim - what is missing in my set-up?
hello all!
i seem to be pretty stuck here! umpteen attempts and quite a few posts
and iam still unable to solve the mistry!
relevant portions of /etc/exim/exim.conf
######################################################################
# 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 = "* 192.168.100.1 byname"
end
for information, 192.168.100.1 is nt server we use as our lan server.
this is the smtp address i use for sending out mails from my current
linux-mozilla combination. does that mean that i can use this server as
smarthost?
relevant portion from /var/log/mainlog
2002-10-25 12:13:09 184yBZ-0000FS-00 <= sandip@deshmukh.work U=sandip P=local S=326
2002-10-25 12:13:09 184yBZ-0000FS-00 => sandip <sandip@deshmukh.work> D=localuser T=local_delivery
2002-10-25 12:13:09 184yBZ-0000FS-00 Completed
this is sending mail locally and it works!
2002-10-25 12:13:54 184yCI-0000Fc-00 <= sandip@deshmukh.work U=sandip P=local S=338
2002-10-25 12:13:55 184yCI-0000Fc-00 => deshmukh@escortsmumbai.com R=smarthost T=remote_smtp H=192.168.100.1 [192.168.100.1]
2002-10-25 12:13:55 184yCI-0000Fc-00 Completed
i do not know what is this type of delivery. but this also works well
2002-10-25 12:15:23 184yDi-0000Fl-00 <= sandip@deshmukh.work U=sandip P=local S=320
2002-10-25 12:15:23 184yDi-0000Fl-00 => deshmukh@zapo.net R=smarthost T=remote_smtp H=192.168.100.1 [192.168.100.1]
2002-10-25 12:15:23 184yDi-0000Fl-00 Completed
it fails to send the mail to the to: address.
now, my question is, what do i need to do to get exim working?
can i use 192.168.100.1 as smarthost? can i use some other server as
smarthost? how do i know which server i can and which i can not?
what if there is no smart host to do the job for me? can i not use exim?
and will i have to always use mozilla with an smtp server specified for
delivering mail - the windows way?
thanx
-sandip
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