Comments on: Configuring Exim to use Gmail as a Smarthost

By: TechSutra : Configuring exim4 in Ubuntu to use GMail for SMTP

TechSutra : Configuring exim4 in Ubuntu to use GMail for SMTP — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:52:41 +0000

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Phil — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:06:07 +0000

Hi NorB,

Thanks for spotting that. I’ve corrected the post.

Phil

NorB — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:01:13 +0000

In Ubuntu 8.04.1 exim4 requires the driver to be specified so an additional line is needed in the router part :

gmail_route:
driver = manualroute
transport = gmail_relay
route_list = * smtp.gmail.com

Otherwise, it works flawlessly.

Thank you very much for this post !