[Gllug] postfix: ip address for outgoing mail

Anthony Newman anthony.newman at uk.clara.net
Wed Mar 1 12:08:18 UTC 2006


t.clarke wrote:
> Maybe I am being stupid,   but I was under the impression that an MTA (whether
> postfix, exim, qmail or m-mouse !) simply sent out its mail over the 'default
> route' and accordingly is unaware of what the 'source' ip address actually is !!

Exim has an 'interfaces = a.c.b.d' option for use in SMTP transports to 
specify the outbound route, or the default route for the destination 
host will be used.

Ant
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