Re: [exim4] mixed up about terminology

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> writes:

>> So they would all be sending mail by way of server host.
>>
>> I guess that is not what is meant by relaying?
>
> I think that's relaying, but not open relay (if you get it set up right).
>
> But you should consider why you want to send out through a central server,
> unless your firewall is for some reason set up to only allow outbound mail
> from that server, in which case you probably do want to authenticate on the
> lan, too. (Think, for example, about the possibility of malware on a local
> box.)

My reason was just to simplify the mail setup. I expect to have a
dozen or so vms (of a variety of OS) at some point in the future.