RE: [Exim] Faq Q0301 for dummies?

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Author: John Horne
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To: exim-users
Subject: RE: [Exim] Faq Q0301 for dummies?
On 26-Jul-2001 at 08:25:49 Jeff Meininger wrote:
> I have a linux machine (192.168.1.4) on my lan that runs exim. I have
> an OpenBSD machine (192.168.1.1) that serves as a router to the internet
> via a connection to my ISP.
>
># Send all mail to a smarthost
>
> smarthost:
> driver = domainlist
> transport = remote_smtp
> route_list = "* localhost bydns_a"
>

I'd say this is sending all non-local mail to 'localhost' - hence the error
message you get. Try changing the 'localhost' above to your openBSD system's
name or IP address. The 'bydns_a' will expect to resolve the name via the
DNS. If its not in the DNS, then you can put the name and IP address into
the local hosts file (/etc/hosts), then add the 'gethostbyname' option to
the router:

smarthost:
driver=domainlist
gethostbyname
transport...etc, etc.



John.

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