Re: [exim] conditional email forwards to another host

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Author: Lars Schimmer
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To: Andrew C Aitchison
CC: Exim Users
Subject: Re: [exim] conditional email forwards to another host
On 11/13/19 8:47 AM, Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Nov 2019, Lars Schimmer via Exim-users wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I need a little help, mostly for security.
>> I do run a exim4 host (debian), and I want to forward all emails
>> incoming for 3-5 Emails to another host (NOT a different domain)
>>
>> As far as I understand it, I need:
>> - transport fo the 2nd host
>> - router which routes the email to the transports
>>
>> Has anyone a example for such a router wiht a condition?
>> Mostly I do not want to experiment with a live server...
>
> Since your main host is unix, exim(4) can delivery over NFS,
> if the second machine is prepared to export its main spool.
> Forwarding is better, but probably more complex than merely
> *delivering* to to the other machine.
>
> Having mentioned the option, I would say that forwarding
> is likely to be better unless the second machine is already
> an NFS server.
> For me, as an experienced sysadmin, I'd say that running a mail
> service on the second machine was better but more work than
> running NFS on it.
>


Sorry, no NFS, not both on linux.


MfG,
Lars Schimmer
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