Change Exim Sending IP
By default, every cPanel dedicated or VPS server sends its email by using the main servers IPv4 address. In this guide, we’re going to cover how you can change Exim sending IP to send outgoing mail.
If you have sites that use a dedicated IP, we’re also going to show you how to configure Exim to send mail through users a dedicated IP. All steps in this article require you have root access to your server.
How to configure Exim to send using sites dedicated IP
- Login to WHM and in the search box type “Exim configuration manager”
- Enable the Send mail from account’s dedicated IP address option
NOTE: Ensure the correct rDNS entry is in place to avoid having your email marked as spam
How to change Exim’s outgoing IPv4 address
Login to WHM and in the search box type “Exim configuration manager”
Enable the following options;
Reference /etc/mailhelo for outgoing SMTP HELOReference /etc/mailips for outgoing SMTP connections In an ssh console edit the below files. They should already be created but if not, just create them;
nano /etc/mailheloIn the mailhelo file place the required domain names in the following format;
domain.com: domain.com
example.domain.com: domain.comIn an ssh console open the file /etc/mailips. This file controls the IPs used to send per domain name or subdomain name
nano /etc/mailipsIn the mailips file place the domain name and IP you wish to use to send mail in the following format
example.com: 192.168.0.2
sub.example.com: 192.168.0.2
example.net: 192.168.0.3
addon.example.net: 192.168.0.3
*: 192.168.0.1Save all files and then restart Exim issuing the restart command
/etc/init.d/exim restartYour Exim sending IP should now be changed. Ensure you have the correct rDNS entries for the new IPs.
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