Pkg exim4 users - Oct 2007 - Configuring exim4 for DHCP?

The exim4 docs and the exim4 configuration screens don''t seem to have a
simple answer for this simple question:

I connect to my ISP using DHCP. For outgoing email, I have the name of their
host to connect to (i.e. the exim4 configuration item "dc_smarthost").
How do I configure exim4 for this use case?  That is to say, how should I answer
the prompts from "dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config" (or populate my
configuration file)?

I''ve tried a few combinations but I''m getting a variety of
SMTP errors from the ISP''s mail host.

(For incoming mail, mutt can connect and read my mailbox just fine.) 

Any help is greatly appreciated ...

f.baube

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 08:34:32PM +0300, fbaube at saunalahti.fi
wrote:
> The exim4 docs and the exim4 configuration screens don''t seem to
have a simple answer for this simple question:
> 
> I connect to my ISP using DHCP. For outgoing email, I have the name of
their host to connect to (i.e. the exim4 configuration item
"dc_smarthost"). How do I configure exim4 for this use case?  That is
to say, how should I answer the prompts from "dpkg-reconfigure
exim4-config" (or populate my configuration file)?
The fact that you''re using DHCP or static ip addresses to configure
your
host''s network doensn''t affect the exim config, provided
you''re getting
correct DNS (forward adn reverse) results. You can, and probably must,
configure exim using no ip addresses, but names instead.

Can you obtain your ISP mail (smarthost) address with dig?
> 
> I''ve tried a few combinations but I''m getting a variety
of SMTP errors from the ISP''s mail host.
Well, what errors?
> 
> (For incoming mail, mutt can connect and read my mailbox just fine.) 
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated ...
> 
> f.baube
Saludos,
> 
> 
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On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 08:34:32PM +0300, fbaube at saunalahti.fi
wrote:
> The exim4 docs and the exim4 configuration screens don''t seem to
have
> a simple answer for this simple question:
> 
> I connect to my ISP using DHCP. For outgoing email, I have the name
> of their host to connect to (i.e. the exim4 configuration item
> "dc_smarthost"). How do I configure exim4 for this use case? 
That is
> to say, how should I answer the prompts from "dpkg-reconfigure
> exim4-config" (or populate my configuration file)?
Smarthost settings are independent of the network configuration. Just
configure exim to use the smarthost.
> I''ve tried a few combinations but I''m getting a variety
of SMTP errors
> from the ISP''s mail host.
Which combinations did you try, and which SMTP errors do you get?

Greetings
Marc

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