Re: [Exim] Nics and Interfaces Option

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Auteur: Matthew Byng-Maddick
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Aan: Aly S.P Dharshi
CC: exim-users
Onderwerp: Re: [Exim] Nics and Interfaces Option
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 10:11:59AM -0700, Aly S.P Dharshi wrote:
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>     I have a really simple question, we have a server running RH Linux
>     7.2 and Exim 3.33 successfully, the machine is a Dell server with 2
>     Intel Ethernet Express Pro's 10/100, anyways, I would like to use
>     both the interfaces.

>
>     I take it then from reading the manual that I can do the following

>
>     - create /usr/local/exim/eth0 and /usr/local/exim/eth1 containing 2
>       different sets of Exim binaries


No need, just use 2 different config files.

>     - use the interfaces directive with the ip address of each Nic
>       seperately in seperate configure files in each directory


Yes.

>     - use different anti-spam measures built into Exim for both Nics


If you like.

>     - other misc stuff as though these were 2 machines with 2 seperate Nics


Given that they're two separate exim instances, then yes. The one thing
you may be concerned with is how to forward between them, but that's left
as an exercise for the reader.

MBM

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