Re: [Exim] local_interfaces ques . . .

Hi Sheldon
Thanks for the response - was about to mail the list and say thanks to
Wash for pointing me in the right direction with this one!

Later
Konrad


On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 11:33, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> On (2003/07/25 11:19), Konrad Michels wrote:
>
> > I've used the local_interfaces option to set exim to listen to eth0:0 as
> > follows:
> >
> > local_interfaces = <; 127.0.0.1 ; xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> >
> > This seems to force Exim to listen only on eth0:0 (the x's being eth0's
> > IP address). However, outgoing mail is still emanating only from eth0,
> > which is exactly the thing I want to change.
>
> You need to set the "interface" option for the "smtp" transport:
>
> interface (smtp) _option_
> -------------------------
>
> Type: string list, expanded
> Default: unset
>
> This option specifies which interface to bind to when making an
> outgoing SMTP call. [...]
>
> Ciao,
> Sheldon.
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