On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Jajati Sahu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am very new to any mailing application. > I have installed exim on my FreeBSD machine. I want to send mail > from one machine to another machine on the same local network. I > configured some relay settings on configure file for exim but could > not able to send mails to other machines. > Any pointers or specific configurations for two machines exchanging > mails using exim?
Hello Jajati, E-mails are never sent between machines. Emails are sent between e-mail addresses. For e-mail to work, there must be a domain name, e.g. gmail.com. In your case, you will require to configure exim (Edit the file /usr/local/etc/exim/configure) and give it a domain name, under the entry: domainlist local_domains = YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME_HERE Then you need to create user accounts on this "server" (yes, it just became a mail server). Using outlook, you can then send mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] However, you will also require another application to help in the RETRIEVAL of the e-mail. This is called POP3 server and you can use /usr/ports/mail/dovecot for it. The waters you have decided to step on are deep - you must be able to read about these applications, understand how they work, configure yours and only ask questions when you have problems and when you can explain the nature of the problem you encounter, not a general question like you asked, which is almost vague! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Oh My God! They killed init! You Bastards!" --from a /. post -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
