> Peter Salzman wrote:
> >
> > I read the Exim docs
> >
> > http://www.exim.org/exim-html-3.20/doc/html/spec_46.html#SEC813
>
> Those docs are for Exim 3.20. The current version is 4.63, which is
> documented at:
>
> http://exim.org/exim-html-4.63/doc/html/spec_html/index.html
>
> If your friend's server really is still running Exim 3.20, not many
> people on this list will be able to help you much, as that version is
> very out of date.
>
> > and I believe this is called "outgoing relaying".
> >
> > The docs say that in order for my friend's computer to be an SMTP server
> > for
> > my computer, he needs to add this:
> >
> > host_accept_relay = ip_address/netmask
> >
> > to a configuration file.
>
> In current exim, at least if your config looks like the default config,
> you need to add your host to the relay_from_hosts list. That can take a
> hostname which will be looked up in DNS.
>
> See:
> http://exim.org/exim-html-4.63/doc/html/spec_html/ch07.html#id2545170
>
> - Marc
Ooops! Yeah, he is using exim4. I'll check out the updated docs.
Thanks for the info. I appreciate it.
Life sucks reading and writing email on a different machine. I'm looking
forward to this...
Thanks!
Pete
