-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 04:51:54PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > I set up a computer to work as a firewall/router for connecting my local > network to an adsl connection. > I am trying to set up exim to work as a mail router on that machine. i.e > I want it to accept mail from machines on the local network, replace the > from (and possibly reply-to) headers and relay them through an external > smtp connection (not sure yet whether to use the isp's or my uni's > server, which requires ssl authentication).
dpkg-reconfigure plow exim Make sure you tell it to use a smarthost, the smarthost is your ISP's mail server. > I was wondering if there is any documentation on how to do this. Maybe > if someone can send me a setup file as an example. > Also is it possible to use a smtp server that requires ssl > authentication as a relay using exim, or is there a more suitable > program for that (is sendmail better for this purpose?) Check exim.org. > Also what would be the best way to fetch mail in such a setup > (fetchmail?). fetchmail, yes. > And lastly, are there any recommendations for a pop3 or imap (preferably > both as I want pop3 for one user and imap for the other) server to use > in such a setup (I need a small one for 2 users). Whichever you prefer and gets the job done. Trial and error works well here. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/mbO8UzgNqloQMwcRAmNyAKCAEzfq2RGICaHjjR8QseZb8MLAqgCfS2wQ Ycc06SH48rvoKHqMZ2Ghw2c= =zuqJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
