Re: [exim] [Newbie] Configure exim for a LAN

On 2010-02-21 at 21:09 +0100, Fabien LUCE wrote:
> In fact i'd like my two machines to send themself mails without any "smtp
> help" from anywhere, just by theirselves...is it possible?

If they don't need to mail each other, just be able to send mail, go
back to the Debian configs, choose the option which has a "smarthost"
and put your ISP's mail-servers in that.

It's simpler.

Running an MTA which can receive mail from the network carries with it
some responsibilities to keep from polluting the Internet. While you're
on the right track, you might want to gather a little more experience
running a non-listening MTA and becoming familiar with DNS, host
routing, how hosts find other hosts and so on before you come back to
running an MTA which listens for connections from other hosts.

Yes, sending mail out via the ISP to pick it back up again is
inefficient, but it's much simpler.

-Phil