I solved this a while ago. Did the following: in the /etc/ppp/ip-up script I added the line: echo "$4" > /etc/exim/current-ip
then in /etc/exim/exim.conf I did the following: qualify_domain = myisp.com qualify_recipient = AMDKing local_domains = localhost:AMDKing:/etc/exim/current-ip That's all I remember. This allows me to send and receive email via my machine directly (not using the sloooow isp SMTP server). I also fetchmail from POP servers whenever I logon. The qualify_recipient allows me to know when mail comes directly from my machine, while the qualify_domain I believe gets past some mail servers that do a DNS lookup. Anyhow, it works, although it is true that noone will send mail to this machine unless they know the given IP. -jackp --- Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:04:18PM -0800, Jack Pistachio > wrote: > | This is for a dialup using exim. > | Is there anyway to dynamically configure exim so that > it > | uses the IP address provided by the dialup ISP? > > In what way? If you're talking about sending, there is > almost no way > for that to not happen. If you're talking about > receiving, start exim > after the link is up and it will listen on it. Of > course, no one > would send you mail to IP anyways unless it was in the > publicly > accessible DNS too. > > HTH, > -D > > -- > A)bort, R)etry, B)ang it with a large hammer > > http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/ > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
