Re: [exim] specifying smtp server

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Author: Robert Holtzman
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] specifying smtp server
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Mike Cardwell wrote:

> Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> I'm at a loss as to where to specify my isp's smtp server. Exim4
>> installed with a plethora of configuration files and I'm getting cross
>> eyed trying to hunt thru them. I looked at eximconfig but am unsure of
>> some of the options. running a search showed sites that looked
>> applicable but they referred to a single config file.
>>
>> I would appreciate a pointer or two. Thanks.
>
> Sounds like you're using the Debian specific configuration system that
> splits the configuration into lots of smaller configuration files.


Right........Ubuntu and Debian both.

>
> What you basically need to do is described here:
>
> http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch47.html#SECID240
>
> If you are using Debian, there's probably some command you can run to
> get it to automatically configure the magic, but you're better off
> asking on the Debian specific Exim mailing list:
>
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-exim4-users


If I had looked a little farther down the search results page I would
have found this but of course I stopped at the first entry.

Thanks for the pointer.

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