RE: [Exim] Exim & remote MUAs - please check this?

> 1. The RFC1413 ident check will not elicit any response from any
remote based mail client
> that attempts to send email via SMTP, so it basically is just going to
cause a response
> delay in this case? So maybe I need to reduce the timeout?

I have to be honest but on any exim installation I do, I remove the
ident checks.

> 2. In order for such clients to send mail via SMTP, they must
authenticate?

No, they must just be permitted to relay via the relay_hosts
configuration directive, otherwise they`ll only be able to send to
local_domains.

> I have a large community of remote users with (for the most part)
Windows mail clients and
> since I installed Exim I have "broken" their ability to send email
outside the host domain.

Relay hosts.....

If your clients are "internet based" ie, are not based on a secured
IP/IP range and therefore cannot be put in relay hosts, then you should
implement SMTP auth.

Chris


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