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Re: [exim4] mixed up about terminology



On 10/8/2014 8:17 PM, lee wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle <jstuckle@attglobal.net> writes:
> 
>> On 10/6/2014 7:10 PM, lee wrote:
>>> Jerry Stuckle <jstuckle@attglobal.net> writes:
>>>
>>>>>    dc_relay_nets
>>>>>           A list of machines for which we serve as smarthost.
>>>>>
>>>>> That looks ideal, doesn't it?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Right.  But he's not running multiple MTAs - he only has the one, as he
>>>> already indicated.
>>>
>>> Does it make a difference for this setting whether the MTA is smarthost
>>> for other MTAs or for MUAs?
>>>
>>> (I'm not using the automatic config other than to create a
>>> "non-configured" exim which does nothing but use another host as
>>> smarthost to deliver locally generated messages, so I don't know.)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yes, it does.  By definition, a smarthost talks to for other MTAs.  MUAs
>> are not MTAs.
> 
> Ok, and what difference does this actually make?
> 
> 

If you don't know the difference between an MTA and an MUA, there is no
way I can help you.

Jerry


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