Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 14:23:44 +0100 From: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> To: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, dungkaitai@hk-cse.dyxnet.com Subject: Re: Backup/Secondary relay server (mailertable) Message-ID: <20051108142344.6ac9799a.lists@yazzy.org> In-Reply-To: <20051108122352.GB58984@uk.tiscali.com> References: <20051107235736.M27385@hk-cse.dyxnet.com> <20051108122352.GB58984@uk.tiscali.com>
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On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 12:23:52 +0000 Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 07:59:39AM +0800, dungkaitai wrote: > > I wanted to know how should the backup/secondary relay server > > should be setup. > > (1) Install Exim. You won't regret it. > > # cd /usr/ports/mail/exim > # make all install clean > > [/etc/mail/mailer.conf] > sendmail /usr/local/sbin/exim > send-mail /usr/local/sbin/exim > mailq /usr/local/sbin/exim > > # /etc/rc.d/sendmail stop > > [/etc/rc.conf] > sendmail_enable="NONE" > exim_enable="YES" > > # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/exim.sh start > > (2) Edit /usr/local/etc/exim/configure, find this line, and list the > domains you wish to allow backup MX for: > > domainlist relay_to_domains = foo.com : bar.com > > (3) > # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/exim.sh restart > > (4) relax :-) > > Exim is the Swiss-army knife of MTAs. You can easily replace that > configuration line with a database lookup (so you can act as backup > MX for tens of thousands of domains), or set it to act as backup MX > for anyone who lists your server in the DNS as a secondary MX: > > domainlist relay_to_domains = @mx_secondary > > See /usr/local/share/doc/exim/spec.txt for full details. I could not agree more. I run exim on FreeBSD and NetBSD and found it to be the moste flexible open source SMTP-server. Mostly thanks to it's ACL's. Here are some configs of mine: http://www.yazzy.org/configs/freebsd/exim/ Cheers Marcin. P.S For the postfix lovers: Yeah, it's an awsome workhorse too.
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