I wrote:
> But our smart host only exists as a MX record.
You wrote:
> Your smart host doesnt have a host name? It has to anyway, if its the
> target of an MX record.
Philip Hazel wrote:
> Then it isn't, strictly speaking, a "smart host". I guess it's a "smart
> domain".
And thats what it is.
Komplette Nachricht vom (complete message from) Dienstag, 2. Juli 2002 20:10:
> On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Oliver Egginger wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Ultimately, a minor problem, anyhow:
> > we switchted from Exim 3 to 4.
> > In Exim3 we use the "bydns_mx" option in our "smart_host" configuration.
> > This option don't exists in Exim4.
> > But our smart host only exists as a MX record.
>
> Your smart host doesnt have a host name? It has to anyway, if its the
> target of an MX record.
>
> dig smarhistmxrecord mx
>
> and you will see the name of the host that is your smarthost..
>
> > Current this MX record mask two mailhubs.
> > In our new Exim4 configuration I use the following route list (which acts
> > as a makeshift): route_list = *
> > mailhub1.our_mailprovider.de:mailhub2.our_mailprovider.de bydns But I
> > would like to have something like this
> > route_list = * smarthost.our_mailprovider.de bydns_mx
> > How can I handle this in Exim4 ?
> > I like the MX record solution, because if our provider chance something
> > on his host configuration we don't have to pay attention to it.
> >
> > I don't have the controll over this DNS-Server, thus
> > I don't can fix it by adding entries to it, see
> > http://www.exim.org/mailman/htdig/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20020225/035700.
> >html
> >
> > I think I need a route list, therefore I have to use a manual router.
> > Could you please give me a hint ?
> >
> > regards
> > Oliver
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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