On 10/6/2014 1:06 PM, Brian wrote: > On Mon 06 Oct 2014 at 11:05:17 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> On 10/6/2014 10:25 AM, Brian wrote: >>> On Mon 06 Oct 2014 at 09:04:14 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>> >>>> On 10/5/2014 11:31 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Good point. Just to be pedantic all MTAs act as relays, but I think the >>>>> term being talked about is "open relay" IOW it's "open" for anybody to >>>>> use, spammers, guy next door etc. etc. >>>> >>>> One correction - all MTAs *CAN* act as relays. But sending a message >>>> from the sender's MTA to the recipient's MTA is generally not considered >>>> "relaying". A relay would be when there is a third (or fourth or >>>> fifth...) MTA between the sender's and recipient's. >>> >>> This has prompts one to consider at what point in a ten person relay >>> race could "relaying" be regarded as starting. >> >> What does this have to do with MTA setup? Are you just trying to cover >> up your ignorance by changing the subject. > > I was bemused by your interpretation of the common English word "relay" > and fell into a state of deep contemplation. Promise it won't happen > again. > >>>> Only under special conditions would a relay be required. The most >>>> obvious one I can think of is a large company with multiple sites; all >>>> mail would go to ???@example.com, which would be one MTA. But this MTA >>>> would then relay messages to MTAs at local sites around the world. And >>>> the reverse would happen for messages being sent by employees. >>> >>> All the OP wants to do is set up a smarthost for clients on his home >>> network. Now he's informed it doesn't meet the "special conditions" >>> criterion. >> >> Then why are you suggesting he set up dc_relay_nets? Maybe because you >> don't know what you're talking about? > > You'll have noticed the suggestion for dc_relay_nets hasn't just been > made by me in this thread. We'll start with what the OP said earlier: > > > I do want to be able to use this server as the smart host for my other > > lan machines. > > Then a quick look at update-exim4.conf(8): > > dc_relay_nets > A list of machines for which we serve as smarthost. > > That looks ideal, doesn't it? > >
Right. But he's not running multiple MTAs - he only has the one, as he already indicated. Jerry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5432daac.4040...@attglobal.net
