On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 23:35, Barry Warsaw <barry@list.org> wrote:
On Jun 02, 2011, at 09:10 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
I manage several machines (FreeBSD of course) all of which use Exim as the MTA. I'd like to know what sort of conditions you attach to this requirement (for a spare machine). The only downside is that bandwidth is still not cheap in KE, so people connecting from outside will definately feel the slow speeds. If the tests are NOT likely to interfere with the smooth running of Exim on any of these servers, then I am willing to let you use one of them. However, Nigel's input matters most so I must wait till he can work out something for Exim.
Hi Odhiambo,
There really aren't too many conditions on this, though I think I would need shell access to quickly update the code and restart Mailman. Really, we just want a test server that brave folks like yourself can subscribe to and we can start throwing real traffic at. I think it would be wise at this point to not use a production server for now. Bandwidth isn't that big a deal for the email traffic I'd expect, though latency to the USA might be a problem.
-Barry
Hello Barry,
Is a valid MX record a MUST for this project?
My test box is inside a 2Mbps symmetric connection from anywhere (USofA, etc) but it does not have a valid MX record. Will that do? If it must have, then I will need to register a domain name and talk to the ISP to do the mappings.
However, if this test is non-intrusive to Exim, then I can use one of the production servers I use.
PS: My hope is that we'll be using Exim as the MTA:)
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