> There's a huge difference. I answer a great many questions with > something like 'you need a redirect router' and a link to the > appropriate page in the manual. > > I'm of the opinion that this is helpful. Perhaps not quite as helpful > as crafting a detailed solution (although that's arguable along the > 'teach a man to fish' line), but I really do think that pointing > someone to the bit of documentation where their question is answered, > along with the next few questions they're bound to have when they've > learnt some more, has to be valuable.
Question? Are we saying that providing a reference (with or without the F word) is preferred over providing a more detailed answer because it's counter-productive and doesn't "teach a man to fish"? I think I'm helping someone when I solve their problem, and wonder why other people who no the answer don't provide it. This is a genuine question not a sarcastic comment. Jason Take the following post as an example: ORIGINAL QUESTION: The problem is I can't send from any emails via exim on my server to an external email address - These mails are returning back to the sender. I only can send to local emails. ANSWER 1: Easy solution. You need to configure exim for remote smtp mail. Have a nice day, sash ANSWER 2: Sash is right, You will need a router like: dnslookup: driver = dnslookup domains = ! +local_domains transport = remote_smtp ignore_target_hosts = 0.0.0.0 : 127.0.0.0/8 no_more and a transport like: remote_smtp: driver = smtp These examples are taken from the default config. Then, from a command line try: exim -bt [EMAIL PROTECTED] <enter> exim -bt [EMAIL PROTECTED] <enter> exim -qff <enter> exim -bp <enter> (to see how exim thinks it should process these addresses and to see if anything is stuck in the queue, then post back the output of these tests if it still doesnt work) Thanks Jason Meers -- ## 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/