[exim] Manual router

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Author: Craig Schneider
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To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] Manual router
Hi Guys

I have setup the following router in Exim to deliver from my smarthost
to a client's mail server on a DSL network.

artpub_router:
driver = manualroute
domains = artpub.co.za
route_data = mail.artpub.co.za
transport = remote_smtp

mail:/etc/exim# dig artpub.co.za MX

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> artpub.co.za MX
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 28658
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;artpub.co.za.                  IN      MX


;; ANSWER SECTION:
artpub.co.za.           28800   IN      MX      5 mail.zdata.co.za.
artpub.co.za.           28800   IN      MX      10 relay01.zdata.co.za.


;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
artpub.co.za.           28800   IN      NS      ns.zdata.co.za.
artpub.co.za.           28800   IN      NS      ns2.zdata.co.za.


;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mail.zdata.co.za.       3373    IN      A       196.15.239.50
relay01.zdata.co.za.    3276    IN      A       196.22.204.99


;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Mon Dec 4 16:56:33 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 148

The mail.artpub.co.za is a dyndns hostname.

Followng is the log extract:
2006-12-04 16:30:53 1GrEqL-0003fl-Rz <= root@???
H=localhost [127.0.0.1] P=esmtp S=771
id=E1GrEqE-0003fX-RU@??? T="Test" from
<root@???> for neilausten@???
2006-12-04 16:30:53 1GrEqL-0003fl-Rz lowest numbered MX record points to
local host: artpub.co.za
2006-12-04 16:30:53 1GrEqL-0003fl-Rz == neilausten@???
R=dnslookup defer (-1): lowest numbered MX record points to local host

Any suggestions would be welcome.
c