Re: [exim4] mixed up about terminology

[Jerry Stuckle <jstuckle@attglobal.net>]

On 10/12/2014 9:56 AM, lee wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle <jstuckle@attglobal.net> writes:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> I'm not asking what the difference is but what difference it makes when
> this setting is involved.  Can you provide an actual exim config,
> i. e. not the automatic stuff, which shows the difference this setting
> makes?
> 
> 

Then I suggest you study up on Exim configuration.  I'm tired of trying
to teach a pig to sing.  It's just a waste of my time.  The manual is
there - read it.

Jerry