Thnaks for the reply - here are a few more questions:
> > All I need is a setup that allows local windows users to send mail to
> > one another. External mail to the internet is handled elsewhere.
> >
> > How do I setup alias files for users.
> > Do i use mailbox or maildirs - if so where do the go?
>
> If you want to use POP, then you will have to actually deliver the emails
> for each user - use aliases only to allow for users who have more than one
> address. ie. I might have a mailbox jpenton, but then use an alias
> John.Penton to deliver to the same box.
>
Can I set up a virtual domain through one user account so that I don't have
to create real users?
> Mailboxes are often kept in /var/spool/mail/<user>
> So long as exim delivers to the same place (as set in the local delivery
> transport) as the POP server is looking, it doesn't matter where.
Keeping with virtual domains - can you make Maildir -- somthing like this:
/var/spool/mail/vitrual_domain/user_name/Maildir
> > I've read the exim doc's and I get the concept of how it process mail
> > but I can't figure out what files I need to configure
>
> As said, use the sample exim.conf. You shouldn't need to edit it much.
>
> Later, if you start doing aliasing, you will want to create an alias file
> too. Exim shouldn't need any other files iirc.
>
> > When run exim now and send mail from a PC to another PC exim logs state
> > unknown local-part "user" in domain "office.sys"
>
> Does the user "user" exist on the system which Exim is running on? If
> not, create the user with the useradd command (or edit /etc/passwd).
>
> Unless you configure it especially to do so, Exim won't deliver mail to
> users that don't exist on the system (other than forwarding it to another
> mail server).
>
> HTH
> John
>
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