On 28/10/2006 14:39, Hadron Quark wrote: > Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If you do not know that much about SMTP, then you should probably not >> run a mail server on the public Internet. > I want to be able to send emails via an smtp smart host using the well > publicised exim4 stuff. I dont wish to open my machine as a relay or a > receiver.
He has a point, but it should be possible to get the odd email out from a Linux box, and it's less likely you'll end up with an open relay using exim than with <any other>. [....] > This all sounds ridiculously difficult. It's not, it's just that (like too many big providers) gmail's servers have many and inconsistent-looking names. > I find it incredible that I cant > reference "smtp.gmail.com" as normal email clients do. Well, you can, you just have to use "*" or perhaps "*.gmail.com"; smtp.gmail.com is a nickname for several gmail servers. exim isn't an email client, it's an email server, but it is quite capable of being a client on behalf of other programs on your box. > Maybe you're right : maybe exim4 isnt't what I want or need. It may sound difficult but exim's almost certainly simpler than any other solution. Cheers, John. -- ## 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/
