Re: Is there a "quick" how-to or "getting started" for exim?
On Nov 16, 4:50 pm, David Brodbeck <bro...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> On Nov 16, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
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> > On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 04:04:00PM -0600, Bob Goldberg wrote:
> >> running etch in console (no X);
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> >> I just want to take inbound Email & forward to exchange server only
> >> email w/ valid recipients.
>
> >> isn't there a document that says how to do this in less than 400
> >> pages???
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> > No. :)
>
> > It sounds like what you want is a "smarthost" setup. All mail will be
> > forwarded to one host.
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> > Run dpkg-reconfigure to reconfigure exim4 and set it up for smarthost.
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> I think he's talking about a mail *hub*, where Exim receives incoming
> mail and then passes it on to Exchange.
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> It depends a little on what version of Exchange he's running. It's
> more complex with Exchange 5.5 and earlier, because they don't verify
> recipients during the SMTP transaction -- to ensure a user is valid
> you have to use LDAP. With later versions you can use recipient
> verification in a more conventional way.
>
> I haven't really done this since Exim 3 and Exchange 5.5, so I'm not
> sure I can be much help with the details. I seem to recall the Exim
> source distribution had some sample configuration files, one of which
> was a mail hub with Exchange as the destination. He might be best
> off asking on the Exim mailing list.
>
David;
appreciate your reply...
I have also posted on an exim newsgroup... but i wasn't sure how
active it is...
your description of a mail hub does sound like what I want...
I'll see if I can download the source dist of the exim pkg... & chk
into that.... that would be REALLY nice...
TX again;
Bob
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