Richard Gilbert wrote: > Hi Bill, > > Thank you for taking an interest in my question... > > On 28/01/11 18:29, W B Hacker wrote: >> J Richard Gilbert wrote: >>> route_list = sheffield.ac.uk gmail.shef.ac.uk/MX >> >> Is that verbatim? >> >> EG; nothing but whitespace between ..ac.uk and gmail.shef.. > > Yes > >> And what of gmail.shef.ac.uk? >> >> Local DNS entry? /etc/hosts file? or ?? > > gmail.shef.ac.uk is in the main University DNS. I thought it was a good > way to incorporate the MX preferences which Google specify in their > documentation... > > $ host -t mx gmail.shef.ac.uk > gmail.shef.ac.uk mail is handled by 10 aspmx2.googlemail.com. > gmail.shef.ac.uk mail is handled by 10 aspmx3.googlemail.com. > gmail.shef.ac.uk mail is handled by 1 aspmx.l.google.com. > gmail.shef.ac.uk mail is handled by 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com. > gmail.shef.ac.uk mail is handled by 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com. > > Richard
Ah, OK. But I think we are still missing a bit of the puzzle. EG: mail is addressed to <[email protected]> - which [ gets it into | leads it out of ] Sheffield U. to a final destination of: <valid_example@somewhere_gmailish.tld> Or do I have that bass-ackwards? Maybe I'm just having a learning-disabled day, but so far I see a glimpse of the method, but much less about the specifics of the need it is meant to satisfy. Bill -- ## 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/
