On 5/20/22 22:10, exim-users--- via Exim-users wrote: > I would check if it is possible to get rid of the smarthost style config > completely and configure as "internet site; mail is sent and received directly > using SMTP". Exim will lookup MX for outgoing mail in DNS and take care of > delivery without any manual configuration. You should implement the usual > stuff > to get your mail properly accepted and not marked as SPAM (you should do that > anyways).
These days, the network you're coming from is a very important factor. A subscriber network (business / residential) or so-called "cloud" networks are considered bad reputation, this often applies to the entire network and not to a specific IP address. It can be very difficult to get your mail through, even if you follow the recommendations wrt DKIM, DMARC etc. The motivation to use a smarthost is clear. > If you need only some manual routes, Debian has a (imho) nice default > configuration prepared for that, which is called hubbed hosts (relevant part > of > exim4.conf.template): > > transport = remote_smtp > You only need to create /etc/exim4/hubbed_hosts and put a pair of destiantion > domain and mailserver(s) per line, (quoting exim4-config_files(5)): > If necessary, you can put credentials for authorization into > /etc/exim4/password.client (one per line). The remote_smtp transport does not use password.client. remote_smtp_smarthost does. You can indeed use the hubbed hosts setup, it makes sense to edit /etc/exim4/hubbed_hosts rather than the main config file, but you'd just have to change the transport to remote_smtp_smarthost and then authentication would work. -- ## List details at https://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/
