Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 15:53 +0000, Nigel Wade wrote:
> One thing which puzzles me is that everyone is of the opinion that a single
> Exim, with everything rolled into one config. is simpler. I don't get this. I
> really would have expected it to be simpler and cleaner, to separate the roles,
> with less chance of rules for one role interfering with the other. I'd already
> looked at Tony's config. for Exim at Cambridge, and those multiple
> "personalities" and the multiplicity of ACLs was one reason I thought separating
> the roles would make life easier.

if you want the policy "accept everything and bounce later", I say
spring for separate configuration. I have however grown quite fond of
the submission port giving the negative answer to RCPT. with my MUA,
Evolution, it will stop the sending attempt immediately, and allow me to
fix the recipient list, and thus sparing some recipients from receiving
two copies, one with the faulty address list, and one correct later.

we try to reuse configuration, anyway. it's quite important to keep
them internally consistent to avoid loops :) we have many servers and
15 different exim.conf which make extensive use of .include.
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Kjetil T.