Wiki exim request

[Ugo Bellavance]

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Brent Addis wrote:
> I presume you are using exim4?

No preference, I just want to have the doc written in the wiki.  If you
have info for exim3 as well, I'll gladly take them.

> Just setup a hubbed_hosts file
> 
> eg:
> 
>>#    cat /etc/exim4/hubbed_hosts
> timesmedia.co.nz: mail.timesmedia.co.nz
> 
> I'm not exactly sure if you can point it at ip addresses however, as it
> sort of goes against the rfcs - "thou shalt not point mail at an ip" or
> similar, which exim follows quite strictly.
> 
> You could probably setup an alias in your hosts file though.
> 

Ok, can anyone confirm?

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Ugo

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> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Brent Addis
> Group Systems Administrator
> Times Media Group
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Martin Hepworth wrote:
> 
>> Ugo Bellavance wrote:
>>
>>> Martin Hepworth wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ugo Bellavance wrote:
>>>>
>> <snip>>>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't easily find where to configure it to send scanned messages
>>>>> directly to the other mail server (e.g. Exchange).
>>>>>
>>>>> (like mailertable in sendmail)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hmm
>>>>
>>>> well that's what the 'default' installation does for Exim. It relies on
>>>> internal MX records being correc....but apart from that...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wouldn't it be possible to relay to, for example 192.168.1.1, without
>>> having a local DNS zone?
>>>
>>
>> I should think so. I'll have a look in the exim book/website.

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