On 7/6/05, Philip Hazel <ph10@???> wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Richard Hubbell wrote:
>
> > I know next to nothing about Exim but would like to know if it's possible to
> > relay for a single domain and to a another port , like 465?
>
> Of course.
>
> > In case it's not clear here's what I would like to do:
> >
> > dig mx example.com
> > example.com. 281 IN MX 5 mx.example.com.
> >
> > So mail destined for example.com would go to mx.example.com
> > which would in turn relay to mx.someother.com on port 465.
>
> This is a more-or-less standard "hubbing" configuration (apart from the
> special port).
hubbing, is that what the exim docs refer to in this regard?
>
> > I don't want any mail to go to mx.example.com, so maybe forward
> > is the better term to describe what I want to do.
> >
> > Maybe the term "relay" is not the correct way to think of this.
>
> "Relay" is probably the accepted term. However, you will need to
> consider what to do with mail addressed to other domains that hits your
> box (e.g. to user@???). It is trivial to make Exim not accept
> such addresses if that is what you want.
That's already configured, I believe.
Thanks,
Richard
>
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