Hello! Just in case someone has the same problem, here is what I did: First, I miserably failed configuring exim. I got rid of exim (it was just too complicated for my simple setup) and installed sSMTP, a very simple SMTP sender that does exactly what I want. It works great.
Regards, Simon Simon Fuhrmann wrote: > Hello! > > I'm googling for days now but I'm still very confused how to configure exim > to fulfil my intention. I'll explain what I want to: > > What I need is a very simple setup: > > 1. I want exim to accept local mails ONLY (so there is no need to encrypt > data to the local SMTP) > 2. Forward the mails to another SMTP (to my provider, which is GMX) > 3. I want exim to connect to GMX over SSL > 4. I need to authenticate at the GMX SMTP with username and password (no SMTP > after POP3) > > With my current configuration file (which is provided by Debian) I'm totally > overwhelmed. It's so big with a lot of stuff I do not need. What I really > want to have is a small configuration file with just the features above. > Could someone please compile a configuration file or point me to a good > ressource where I can find the information without reading for hours? > > I often read thinks like "use /bleh/gencertificate" to gernerate a > self-signed cert for the server. Is this really neccessary in order to > connect to GMX? Or is this only needed if I want to connect to *my* SMTP over > SSL? > > Is it possible to *not* run exim as daemon to fulfil this tasks? I > intuitively feel that exim can be started each time a mail is to be delivered > because only local mails are accepted, is this true? > > Thanks in advance, > Simon -- ## 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/
