Re: [exim] using MX always

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Author: Giuliano Gavazzi
Date:  
To: Jeff Lasman
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] using MX always

On 7 Jan 2006, at 23:02, Jeff Lasman wrote:

> On Saturday 07 January 2006 08:17 am, Marc Sherman wrote:
>
>> Do you mean something like:
>>
>> domainlist local_domains = @mx_any
>
> No, that's not what I meant. I meant that for all outgoing email
> originating on the server, exim would check for an MX record or A
> record, and use it, rather than checking first to see if it could
> deliver locally.


perhaps it's because it is too late, but I miss your point. The first
router is usually:

dnslookup:
    driver = dnslookup
    domains = ! +local_domains
    transport = remote_smtp
    etc...
    no_more


and this does exactly what, in my current understanding, you say.

g