Keep in mind you should be using an actual MUA to read/send email's, not
exim directly.
Exim is an MTA,m *NOT* an MUA (eg, its not comparable to Outlook Express
or Netscape Communicator, its comparable to eg, MS Exchange Server )..
it is a mailserver itself..
Many (but not all) unix MUA's can be set to use SMTP to a remote host to
send mail, and to use POP or IMAP to read mail from an external mailbox.
With such a setup you would not even need to run any MTA at all on your
single user system.
To the list: Lots of new exim users seem to end up getting confused
about the difference between an MTA and an MUA, and try to use exim as
the latter. A good explanation as to the distinction would be a good
addition to any 'newbie' documentation in existance.
On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, dman wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 04:44:24PM +0100, Morten Brix Pedersen wrote:
> | Hi,
> |
> | My biggest difficulty with Exim has always been to emulate what a
> | "normal" mailer does when using an external SMTP server, just taking the
> | 'From' address as it is.
> |
> | With qualify_domain set to it's default (localhost), Exim ignores my
> | "From: " line and just uses username@host instead.
>
> This only happens if your From: line is incomplete. Set your From:
> line to your full address and exim will leave it alone. This works
> for me.
>
> -D
>
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> If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his
> cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it,
> but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What
> good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or
> what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
> Mark 8:34-37
>
>
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