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Author: Marc Haber
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To: exim-users@exim.org
Subject: Re: [exim] about Sender: and envelope reverse-path in today's systems
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:16:39 +0000, Jeremy Harris <jgh@???>
wrote:
>Marc Haber wrote:
>> A very common configuration in Germany is that a site has a DSL line
>> with dynamic IP address (forced to change every 24 hours) and has a
>> simple NAT router to the outside. In these cases, the originating host
>> does not know its public IP address and cannot set the message-ID and
>> its HELO appropriately.
>
>So don't run an MTA.


That's a non-option for almost all Linux installations since local
processes might need to send e-mail. For Debian, it is almost
impossible to install any decent set of software without depending on
an MTA.

Which one to run on a DSL line, how do configure it?

Greetings
Marc

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