[Pkg-exim4-users] 2 out smarthosts 1 local 1 internet

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2021-12-21 hput via Pkg-exim4-users <pkg-exim4-users at alioth-lists.debian.net> wrote:
> Setup:
> ubuntu-22.04
> running LXDE desktop.
> Installed exim4 (4.95 I think)
> -------       -------       -------

> I currently have no mta working on any machine

> A bit confused on the questions asked during initial setup:
> with   sudo dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config

> At the point it asks about a Smarthost:

> My setup is a home network with several machines on one network.

> I want to setup exim4 to act as smarthost on one of them.
> So all it would be hosting is 4 other machines on same subnet.

> But, I still have to send what ever is going out to a `real' smarthost
> on the internet that I have creds to send thru.

> I'm guessing the smart host I'm being questioned about should be my
> internet smtp server.

> But will putting an internet smtp server in the questionnaire
> . . result in having a serious problem setting one local machine to
> receive mail from home network and send it on to smtp inernet server?
[...]

No, that should work.

cu Andreas
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