Quick question about setting up smarthost.

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Author: Rob Browning
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To: exim-users
Subject: Quick question about setting up smarthost.

[ If this turns out to be OK, I'll see about writing a bit for the
Dynamic-IP-Hacks HOWTO, so others can benefit. ]

Could someone tell my if my config (partially listed below), and the
resulting headers are reasonably legitimate (i.e. won't be likely to
cause suspicion in the spam conscious, and leave an appropriate trail
for bounces)?

I'm trying to change my setup so that I'm doing something reasonable
when I'm at home on a dynamic IP address. I wanted to reconfigure my
machine to use our main mail host (mailbox.cs.utexas.edu) as a relay
hub so sites with HELO bouncing won't be incensed. I did this by just
setting up a smarthost pointing there:

qualify_domain = nevermore.csres.utexas.edu
local_domains = @:localhost:nevermore

# Other stuff omitted.

  smarthost:
    driver = domainlist,
    transport = smtp;
    route_list = "* mailbox.cs.utexas.edu bydns_a"


end

This resulted in headers looking like this:

From: Rob Browning <rlb@???>
Subject: test-message
To: rlb@???
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 20:00:20 -0500
X-From-Line: rlb@??? Fri Sep 12 20:00:32 1997
Return-path: <rlb@???>
Envelope-to: rlb@nevermore
Delivery-date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 20:00:32 -0500
Received: from mailbox.cs.utexas.edu [192.168.1.2] (rlb)
    by nevermore.csres.utexas.edu with esmtp (Exim 1.62 #1)
    id 0x9gZc-0002qJ-00 (Debian); Fri, 12 Sep 1997 20:00:32 -0500
Received: from nevermore.csres.utexas.edu (dial-5-13.ots.utexas.edu [128.83.204.77])
    by cs.utexas.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA12530
    for <rlb@???>; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 19:56:15 -0500 (CDT)
Received: from rlb by nevermore.csres.utexas.edu with local (Exim 1.62 #1)
    id 0x9gZQ-0002qD-00 (Debian); Fri, 12 Sep 1997 20:00:20 -0500
Message-Id: <E0x9gZQ-0002qD-00@???>
Lines: 2
Xref: nevermore.csres.utexas.edu inbox:18073




Does this look all right?

Thanks
--
Rob

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