Re: smtp server

On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 01:03:42PM -0900, Tim Jordan wrote:
> I've been asked to look into a smtp server that will sit between our
> clients and our Enterprise email system (which we don't control).
> The problem is that our Enterprise server returns email's that are
> addressed to more than one person if even one address is wrong (Nobody
> gets the email!). When the client recieves the failure notice Outlook
> does not show which address is failing.

That is horrible. Which server is it?
 
> Solution: We want to test a debian box running an smtp server to see if
> we can ease user frustration. Bottom line is we need to know exactly
> what address is failing. (No we can't change clients....:(
>
> Now, I'm not a mail administrator so I'm not sure where to begin except
> that exim4 is the default for Debian testing.

Exim is great. You will probably be happy to learn it.
I have been on the Exim-users list for 2 years. They are very helpful.
http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users

Now, there was a recent thread that may get you started:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=107671708300004&r=1&w=2

And this post:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=exim-users&m=107671837303337&w=2

"...where localdomains.db contains key/value pairs for the domain/ip address of
the exchange server it is routed to.

This also has the benefit of allowing me to reject bad addresses at SMTP
time rather than let exchange accept it and then try and relay a bounce
message back through the exim servers."

Andy
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Received on Tue Mar 9 14:35:23 2004