Quoth Alessandro Ghigi on Tue, Aug 22, 2000:
> On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Vadim Vygonets wrote:
> > So why don't you use the ISP's outgoing mail server as the smart
> > host?
>
> Because my IP is more secure, therefore more difficult to access.
Point taken.
> I have glanced through the 278 pages of the Exim
> Specification. What I understand till now is that my Exim has not the code
> for handling the Authentication (the commands
>
> exim -bP authenticator_list
> exim -bP authenticators
>
> return nothing).
>
> Do I need then to download the source of Exim and compile it following the
> instructions on the quoted specification?
Yes. You'll need to edit Local/Makefile (as described in the
documentation) and uncomment AUTH_CRAM_MD5=yes or something
similar. And add authentication configuration to your Exim
config file.
> Is there an easier way to let the exim work? Is there any
> configuration script doing this job for me (I have a Debian Linux).
Not what I'm aware of. It's long time since I used Debian, but I
don't think they have configuration scripts capable of creating
any non-trivial configuration.
Get the latest Debian source package for Exim. Edit
Local/Makefile. I would advise you to upgrade Exim to 3.16 while
you're at it (if you copy the directory Local over, you should
probably be alright).
> What I had in mind was using fetchmail for incoming messages, and exim for
> local delivery and outgoing messages,
Sounds reasonable.
> but if setting this up needs a
> thoroughful understanding of the fearful Specifications, I will probably
> be lost.
The fearful Exim Specs document is really well written. Don't
fear, pages don't byte (usually). Just read the appropriate
chapters and change the appropriate parts of the Exim config
file.
Vadik.
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