Re: [exim] Which interface is used at remote_smtp transport?

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Author: Nigel Metheringham
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To: exim-users@exim.org users
Subject: Re: [exim] Which interface is used at remote_smtp transport?
On 23 Feb 2011, at 10:02, Ian Eiloart wrote:

> One way around this is to specify a MACRO when launching Exim, eg
>
> exim -DIPADDRESS=10.11.1.11
>
> Then use the MACRO in the config file, to specify the interface. That way, the launch script has to vary per machine, but the config file does not. Of course, the script could determine the available interfaces, and choose from a set of desirable interfaces, so you may be able to use the same script on each host.


This will, of course, have effects on the privileges that exim runs
with
    http://docs.exim.org/current/spec_html/ch06.html


Probably easier to drop the macro into a an include file

    Nigel.
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