Re: [exim] Outbound Mail routing

On 2012-09-07 at 08:37 +0200, Robert Walker wrote:
> I added the code that you supplied and it did forward the emails to
> the mail server mail74.mimecast.co.za unfortunately to also forwarded
> all the outbound emails for the rest of the domains on the server as
> well which were rejected as those wee not authorized to send through
> mail74.mimecast.co.za

I may have misunderstood what mails are expected to flow where, then.

> Just a question, If I were to specify a new domain list at the start
> of the exim.conf file like so:
>
> domainlist mimecast_domains = lsearch;/etc/mimecastdomains
>
> With the domain listed in the 'mimecastdomains' file and then change
> the code you supplied to the following:
>
> smarthost:
> driver = manualroute
> domains = !+mimecast_domains
> route_data = mail74.mimecast.co.za
> transport = remote_smtp
> no_more
>
> Would this then theoretically only route the outbound emails for the
> domain listed in the 'mimecastdomains' file?

You want to drop the "!" which is used for negation.

"domains = +mimecast_domains".

If you have that first, and then a dnslookup Router for
"!+local_domains", then I think you'll get what you want.

-Phil