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Author: John Hall
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To: exim-users
Subject: [Exim] Re: Exim Testing - How to make local test messages appear from outside ?
"Leigh Dodd" <L.S.Dodd@???> wrote in message
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> Before I open up port 25 to the "big ugly world", I would like to do a few
> tests of routers ..etc with email that appears to be from the outside.
>
> I've tried -f for sender and -oMa -oMs for remote IP/name but Exim always
> appears to show local sender.
>
> Any options I can use to do this ?


I usually test configurations like so:

$ telnet localhost 25
HELO localhost
MAIL FROM: some.address@???
RCPT TO: some.address@???
DATA
Subject: a test message

Hello!
.

Cheers,
John