Re: [EXIM] using smartuser to forward mail

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Richard Welty
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] using smartuser to forward mail
On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Richard Welty wrote:

> > > alb_001_transport:
> > > driver = smtp
> > > hosts = alb-001.office.albany.inet-solutions.net
>
> > > the email is being properly picked out by the director, but the
> > > transport is then determining that it is local and is freezing it in
> > > the queue.
>
> i figured it out.
>
> the exchange server in question is located behind our firewall, and
> our intent is that it not ever receive mail directly. therefore, the
> lowest numbered mx record points to the exim mail hub. if i set host
> address to a domain address, according to the dns lookup, it's a
> local delivery, and things freeze up...
>
> i changed the entry in the hosts parameter to an IP address,
> suppressing the dns lookup, and now it's working fine.


You could alternatively have set "gethostbyname" on the transport, which
would have caused it just to look up an A record and not bother with MX
records.

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Philip Hazel                   University Computing Service,
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