On Nov 16, 4:50 pm, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 16, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 04:04:00PM -0600, Bob Goldberg wrote: > >> running etch in console (no X); > > >> I just want to take inbound Email & forward to exchange server only > >> email w/ valid recipients. > > >> isn't there a document that says how to do this in less than 400 > >> pages??? > > > No. :) > > > It sounds like what you want is a "smarthost" setup. All mail will be > > forwarded to one host. > > > Run dpkg-reconfigure to reconfigure exim4 and set it up for smarthost. > > I think he's talking about a mail *hub*, where Exim receives incoming > mail and then passes it on to Exchange. > > It depends a little on what version of Exchange he's running. It's > more complex with Exchange 5.5 and earlier, because they don't verify > recipients during the SMTP transaction -- to ensure a user is valid > you have to use LDAP. With later versions you can use recipient > verification in a more conventional way. > > I haven't really done this since Exim 3 and Exchange 5.5, so I'm not > sure I can be much help with the details. I seem to recall the Exim > source distribution had some sample configuration files, one of which > was a mail hub with Exchange as the destination. He might be best > off asking on the Exim mailing list. >
David; appreciate your reply... I have also posted on an exim newsgroup... but i wasn't sure how active it is... your description of a mail hub does sound like what I want... I'll see if I can download the source dist of the exim pkg... & chk into that.... that would be REALLY nice... TX again; Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
