EXIM as MTA and MDA

[Kosmocronos]

Exim4, actually, is configurated to use smarthost (my ISP) to relay incoming fax to an email address.
I have now some XP clients (internal lan, local static ip address) who need to be able to send and receive  mail through my server with Outlook use only one specific mail address.

I read Exim4 can receive mail from a remote host using SMTP over
TCP/IP.

So I don't need to install POP-IMAP programs such as Courier, Fetchmail. Right ?

Can anyone tell me more about this question.

Hello to all

[Michael Heydon]

I have now some XP clients (internal lan, local static ip address) who need to be able to send and receive mail through my server with Outlook use only one specific mail address.

Exim is an MTA, it can receive mail via SMTP, and then either deliver it
locally or forward it on.

I read Exim4 can receive mail from a remote host using SMTP over
TCP/IP.

Yes, however you would need the sending server to send the message via
SMTP. If you have a domain this is as simple as changing the MX records.
From the "one specific mail address" above, it sounds like you are
planning to share an ISP provided address in which case they are
unlikely to want to send you your mail via SMTP.

So I don't need to install POP-IMAP programs such as Courier, Fetchmail. Right ?

I'm not 100% sure what you are trying to achieve. If you want a POP3 or
IMAP server, then yes you will have to install a POP3 or IMAP server
(such as courier), if you want to retrieve messages from a mailbox then
yes you will need something like fetchmail. Neither of those are
required for exim to work as an MTA though.


*Michael Heydon - IT Administrator *
***@jaswin.com.au <mailto:***@jaswin.com.au>

[Michael Heydon]

Yes, I want only this: send to a mailbox (of my ISP) and retrieve
messages from a mailbox (of my ISP). So I will need exim4 and only
fetchmail. Right ?

Fetchmail and Exim can retrieve messages from your ISP and deliver them
locally, which would be OK if you were logging in to the server and
running your mail client from there. Since you are using outlook you
probably also want a POP/IMAP server so the clients can retrieve the
messages from your server.

*Michael Heydon - IT Administrator *
***@jaswin.com.au <mailto:***@jaswin.com.au>