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???

TIA

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.

Doug.


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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???

I suspect this won't be much Bob, but its worth a shot. There is
a relatively well commented sample configuration file in the debian
package. You can find it at

/usr/share/doc/exim4/examples/example.conf.gz

just unzip it, rename it as /etc/exim4.conf and read through that
file. For something as simple as what you're describing -- merely
relaying, you may be able to figure it out just from that conf file. I
learned more about exim configuration from that file than anywhere
else.

You'll likely need to configure just a handful of options to get what
you need.

hth at least a little.

A

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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 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.


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On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 02:42:02PM -0800, David Brodbeck 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.

> I think he's talking about a mail *hub*, where Exim receives incoming
> mail and then passes it on to Exchange.

Exchange to me is a verb. Never heard of it as a noun.

Doug.


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On Nov 16, 5:00 pm, "Douglas A. Tutty" <dtu...@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 02:42:02PM -0800, David Brodbeck 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.
> > I think he's talking about a mail *hub*, where Exim receives incoming
> > mail and then passes it on to Exchange.
>
> Exchange to me is a verb. Never heard of it as a noun.
>
> Doug.
>

LOL;

your talking to someone who'd see the world run on unix, rather than
microsux confuseware.
but you gotta deal w/ legacy.....
unfortuneately; compared to ANY version of unix, ALL versions of
windows are legacy :-)

why else can linux do in 700 Megs, what it takes m$ over 20Gigs to
do.....


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On Nov 16, 4:50 pm, David Brodbeck <bro...@u.washington.edu> 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 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


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On Nov 16, 4:40 pm, Andrew Sackville-West
<and...@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 04:04:00PM -0600, Bob Goldberg wrote:
....
> > I just want to take inbound Email & forward to exchange server only
> > email w/ valid recipients.
....
> I suspect this won't be much Bob, but its worth a shot. There is
> a relatively well commented sample configuration file in the debian
> package. You can find it at
>
> /usr/share/doc/exim4/examples/example.conf.gz
>
....
> You'll likely need to configure just a handful of options to get what
> you need.
>
> hth at least a little.
>
> A
>

ok; first off, let me explain a little better what I want to do:

basically i want exim to take all inbound email, and relay email to
valid recipients on my exhcange 5.5 server. all other email traffic/
relays/spam, should just be dropped/ignored. All outbound Email will
continue to be sent thru the exchange server. So all exim needs to do,
is filter & forward valid inbound Email...

I read Doug's reply, and I'm not 100% sure what a smarthost is, but
don't think this is that application...

Andrew,

that config example looks ALOT closer to a quick getting started
manual than ANYTHING else i've seen!
I'll have to dig into it a bit... I'm surprised none of my searches
revealed the contents of that file, or references to it...

TX to all for replies!


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