Author: Rich Stanton Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Will using a smarthost give me problems with checks
onremote servers
> It depends. Normally the smarthost should not modify the sender address > of the mails passing it. As long as you do not propagate SPF records
> with other outgoing IPs than that of your smarthost, everything should
> be fine.
>
> And additionally, there is no relation to be assumed between the MX for
> your (sub) domain and the server, sending your mails off to the internet
> (your smarthost).
>
That's good to know, thanks.
>
> You could configure your the dnslookup router (as in the example
> config). And, since order matters, you could place a smarthost router
> (driver = manualroute) before the dnslookup router, using a "domains =
> ." precondition.
The exim config files are some of the most complicated I've ever seen in a
FOSS server, so I think I'll steer clear of hand hacking them until I have
the time to read up on them properly!!
