Re: [exim] A Forwarding Exim4-Server

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Author: Renaud Allard
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To: erwin.ambrosch
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] A Forwarding Exim4-Server
Hi,

Erwin Ambrosch|XHOSTPLUS wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> ist it possible to set up Exim4 to meet the following requirement:
>
> Exim4 should not deliver Mails locally (i call it Forwarding-Exim), but just forwarding all the mails to an Exim4 server on a different machine (i call it Target-Exim).


It is definitely possible and done at many places

> If the mail is not accepted by the Target-Exim the mail should not be queued by the Forwarding-Exim, but just dropped.


Of course it is possible, but you should reject the mail with a 5xx
error instead of dropping it.

> For the Target-Exim the sender should not be the Forwarding-Exim but the original sending Email-Server.


AFAIK, no. And it's quite discouraged anyway because it will be a real
pain to solve problems in such a system.

>
>
> Original-Mail-Server <---> Forwarding-Exim <---> Target-Exim (delivers locally or rejects the Email ex. Grey-Listing)
>