>>>> It can easily (you answer a few wizard questions) send mail only >>> I'll give it a go :-) >> Thanks, that worked brilliantly. The answer to the wizard question to >> set the server up not to listen to SMTP requests from the Internet was >> 'internet site; mail is sent and received directly using SMTP' then >> set the server to listen on localhost for SMTP. > > Actually that will have set it up to accept mail from the internet, > but only allow sending mail from localhost. > > If you really don't want the box to receive any mail then you want one > of the smarthost options iirc, that way your box sends mail but it > expects all replies to go somewhere else (note that you really should > have a legitimate reply address) >
Are you sure? I just did a quick check and happened across this guide (that I didn't notice before) http://library.linode.com/email/exim/send-only-mta-ubuntu-10.04-lucid It also seems to indicate selecting the 'internet site' option even when using the server to send mail only. Cheers, Chris -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
