DirectAdmin as incomming mail gateway

[nobaloney]

can anyone tell us how to actually do this?

Do specifically what? This post is very old. Exactly what do you want to do? Step by step?

If what you want to do has been covered by my reply pointing out that it requires custom changes to exim.conf, then either learn how to make those changes or hire someone to make them for you.

Jeff

 

[nobaloney]

This doesnt answer the original posters question, but it is a solution you could look into.

There is an alternative, order a second IP address for your server *normally you have a few anyway*, install postfix and set it to the second IP address only.

Are you recommending running postix in addition to exim on the same DirectAdmin system?

Why would you want to add that level of complexity? ClamAV already runs under SpamBlocker3-beta available now for DirectAdmin.

Exim's exim.conf file can easily configure exim to do exactly what you want.

Unless the poster already knows postfix, wouldn't it be easier for him to have exim do what he needs, since it's already there and already running, and since anything else requires a learning curve anywhere?

Not to mention that running a second daemon requires more server load?

Jeff

 

[netearth]

Are you recommending running postix in addition to exim on the same DirectAdmin system?

Why would you want to add that level of complexity? ClamAV already runs under SpamBlocker3-beta available now for DirectAdmin.

Exim's exim.conf file can easily configure exim to do exactly what you want.

Unless the poster already knows postfix, wouldn't it be easier for him to have exim do what he needs, since it's already there and already running, and since anything else requires a learning curve anywhere?

Not to mention that running a second daemon requires more server load?

Jeff

Hi Jeff,

The reasoning behind mentioning POSTFIX (and yes on the same server as DA, its a doddle to setup and administer), it is completly seperate from DA then, and therefore will not interfear with DA or Exim, one thing about playing with the exim config is if the main exim config file has to be replaced or updated in future, or a system update changed (cant see why but who knows in the future) the settings that are working doing the realying for teh exchange domains would be at worst lost, or at best no longer work...

Having it completly seperate means no mess, yeah a little extra server load, so what? for the ease of management (as DA doesnt have a GUI for changing the exim.conf file (only the File Editor)) it made it simple.

At the end of the day, each to their own.

Chris

 

[Gregory]

Anybody did it yet ? Using exim on a DA server as incoming mail gateway, checking thru LDAP if the mailbox exists on the exchange server, pass normal spam/av tests and relay it, if necessary.