Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hello again, > > I am a good example of a person reading the docs, googling for answers with > no practical > result. I know I should not ask such basic questions here but I think I tried > almost every > solution I found and cannot get authentication properly implemented in exim > 4.62 on > windows under cygwin. Can I ask for some help? > > Of course I am able to relay from the LAN but I very much wanted to be able > to also relay > from outside the LAN. I haven't tried any secure mechanism. I thought I would > implement > simple plain text authentication first. > > Here is a snippet from my conf file (the ones that I commented I tried too): >
*details trimmed* > > I want to run exim on Windows for some time to learn then I will probably > think of FreeBSD > or some other non-MS system to run it. Any advice - as clear as possible > please - I have very > little experience with cygwin and exim - will be greatly appreciated. Thank > you for your > patience > > Thanks! > > > -- > Zbigniew Szalbot > www.lc-words.com > > Your curiousity is commendable, but you have skipped the basics, so the learning process has been short-circuited. Dangerously so. First, take a day or several and use your browser to learn about the challenges facing the smtp and DNS environments. Look for good and bad practice, do and dont do, etc. Second, install a Linux, open Solaris, or *BSD, learn about computers, networking, and security. Windows doesn't live there, nor even visit. Any of these operating systems can be cheap, cheerful, and enlightening, and all will run happily on an older computer no longer much use for 'Windows'. No need to complicate your 'Windows' installation - save it to test the 'userland' environment. *Then* look to first experiment strictly on an internal LAN. Enable 'IP literals' or run a local DNS if need be - but keep it separate from the internet. Do not try to run a 'public facing' MTA unless you have a fixed IP address with 'PTR' and 'MX' records as well as an 'A' record. Your ISP Terms and Conditions must also permit running a mail server. Many do not. Show evidence of understanding and responsibility and you will find lots of help here. But until you have made these basic steps, you might just as well ask 'Mothers Against Drunk Driving' the best way to drink chilled Vodka while steering a school bus full of children. Bill Hacker -- ## 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/
