Re: [Exim] "transparent" smtp server

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Author: Asbjorn Hoiland Aarrestad
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To: Chris Knipe
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] "transparent" smtp server
Chris Knipe wrote:

> Lo all,
>
> I'm currently contemplating on attempting to setup a "transparent" exim
> server... I have a client with mainly laptops on their office network, and
> they have very good reason to want to use a internal smtp server (Mainly due
> to control / reporting / etc). Now, because these laptops are mobile, the
> majority of them go home at night, and the majority of them uses dialup in
> the evenings and days to send emails... It is mainly win based OSes, and
> from what I can see, neither outlook nor oe has the options to specify
> different smtp servers for different types of connections - and even if they
> do, none that is easy accessible without spending allot of time to configure
> it.
>


is there any reason why you can't let the laptops use your smtp server
as their primary smtp server, and just use auth smtp whenevery they
connect, either from within the network or from the outside?

- asbjørn