Exim outgoing settings to use account IPs

ottdev

• February 24, 2016 08:21

These 2 settings sound the same to me. Must be under the surface they are not quite the same. Can someone explain ? [i have already tried the docs first, still unclear to me] THANK YOU! Send mail from account"s dedicated IP address [?] Automatically send outgoing mail from the account"s IP address instead of the main IP address. Reference /etc/mailips for outgoing SMTP connections [?] Send outgoing mail from the IP address that matches the domain name in /etc/mailips

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  cPanelMichael

  • February 24, 2016 19:41

  Hello :) Could you verify which document you reviewed? We have a separate document intended for this very question: How to Configure Exim's Outgoing IP Address - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation Thank you.

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  ottdev

  • March 02, 2016 20:49

  OK I think I got it now. There are 3 options? - use the server main IP address for everyone (default) - use each account's IP address as assigned in the WHM/as appear in DNS (ignore /etc/mailips) - look up specifically designated IP address for each account as custom set in /etc/mailips Is that correct? So what happens if you choose to use /etc/mailips but there is no entry for a specific account? Does it fall back on using the server main IP address for that account or fails to send ?

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  cPanelMichael

  • March 15, 2016 16:56

  So what happens if you choose to use /etc/mailips but there is no entry for a specific account? Does it fall back on using the server main IP address for that account or fails to send ?

  
  Domain names that are not configured in the /etc/mailhelo file utilize the primary IP address. The entry looks like this:
  *: hostname.example.com
  You should only use this option if you plan to manually populate the /etc/mailips and /etc/mailhelo file. Thank you.

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