> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of W B Hacker > Sent: 03 February 2006 14:58 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [exim] Multiple smarthosts and archiving all emails > > Steve Cox wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I'm setting up an archiving system that will store any email entering or > > leaving the local network. > > > > > > > > Any 'forward all mail' options in the existing mail servers/relays do > > just that forward a copy to another mailbox - so all envelope details > > are lost. I want to be able to store the emails depending on the 'from' > > and 'rcpt-to' addresses in the envelope (so we catch BCCs and mailing > > list recipients and such). > > > > > > > > A simple implementation I can think of is to stick a box between the > > final spam filter gateway and the rest of the LAN - relaying mail > > between this gateway and the users' mail server and have this do the > > archiving. > > > > > > > > To keep the envelope data, rather than have it drop the email into > > mailboxes, I was thinking of have it SMTP a second copy of each email to > > another box which processes each mail coming in directly - so having > > access to the envelope data. Another benefit of doing the processing on > > a separate box is that there is a lot of traffic and I don't want to put > > to much more processing load in the company's email stream. > > > > > > > > So I was thinking that the easiest way to set this up would be to > > configure this intermediate Exim relay with two smarthosts that forward > > on each incoming email to both smarthosts at the same time. But I don't > > know if this is possible? > > > > > > > > Any thoughts on this or another method? > > > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Steve > > IF everything runs through one Exim box, at least at some point, > it is easy to capture several different 'full message' archives. > > We use the same tool for several such: > > - an 'unseen' in each router, followed by archive-type-specific > code in the subsequent section of the 'same' router, selecting > an additional transport appropriate to the nneds for the archive. > > > > - Some routers archive everything, others are based on headers, > (added in an acl, removable if need be) still others are based > on a 'point score' (for checking acl effectiveness / falsing, etc.) > > - One can also archive to different storage types in the > successive router sections than is used in the preceding ones as > well as location (mbox, Maildir, etc.) > > This should work on a 'smarthost' or relay-host, but > may also enable you to use one box instead of several. > > HTH, > > Bill >
Many thanks. Using an ACL to filter against the rcpt-to and from headers will be useful as we are looking to archive against a subset of local and remote contacts only. Can you recommend any online documentation for such a configuration? PS - Apologies all, for sending the original as HTML and not text. Steve -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
