On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:24:14 +0000 (UTC) Felix Karpfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have located the following relevant info in > > "/usr/share/doc/exim4-config/README.Debian.gz": > > If you want to set up exim as SMTP AUTH client for delivery to your > internet access provider's smarthost put the name of the server, your > login and password in /etc/exim4/passwd.client. See the man page for > exim4-config_files(5) for more information about the required format. > > This works well for emails sent via my ISP. But I also have a "gmail" > account (as a fallback - in case my ISP bombs out). > > _My_ ISP does not require SMTP-AUTH; the ISP used by one of my regular > correspondents will not accept emails that do not have it. GMail offers > relevant info on using "GMail + procmail"; nothing on using "GMail + > exim4". > > My question is: > > Are there any problems with having more than one entry in my > "etc/exim4/passwd.client" file? In priciple, no, but there may be gotchas having to do with DNS and reverse DNS lookups. See the 'passwd.client' section of 'man exim4-config_files'; read the manpage, and see this thread for an account of some trouble I once had using exim with Gmail: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=403583 [That problem has been fixed, but that might give you a flavor of the sort of trouble possible.] > Felix Karpfen Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
