Author: Mike Cardwell Date: To: exim users Subject: Re: [exim] incoming messages,
where do they go if incoming port is rerouted elsewhere?
Dr. Scott S. Jones wrote:
> What will happen to incoming email, if I temporarily reroute ports 25 and
> 110, to different machine on my LAN? Where will the email messages go, which
> normally would go to my primary machine, running exim4?
>
> I am trying to run Zimbra on this other machine, and want to know that
> incoming email messages won't be lost.
>
> Help!!!!
Er. If you route port 25 to Zimbra, and Zimbra accepts a message, then
your mail will go to Zimbra and that will be it. Any remote servers
sending mail wont resend the mail to exim later when you point it back.
