[plug] Linux Mailserver

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, madco wrote:

> I am trying to set up Linux as a mail server for both local and external
> e-mail. I am using SuSE 7.0 and seem to have a problem when it comes to
> send the mails from the windows machines with Exchange running. The problem
> is that the main Server, which is a WIN NT 4.0 box has to be set up as a
> Mail Server in Exchange on the Clients for the company scheduler to work.
> Therefore I cannot seem to send email through the Linux server, instead it
> goes to the Windows Server and just bounces back from there when the e-mail
> is directed to an outside e-mail address.

If reconfiguring the client isn't an option then you should be able to tell
the exchange box to use a "smart host".  This means that all mail the excahnge
host can't (or wont) deal with will get directed to the linux box which it
will merily send on its way to the outside world.

HTH

Yours Tony.

/*
 * "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the
 * same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
 * --Albert Einstein
 */