Reconfigure Exim mail service

My solution is to set up an SMTP server that routes all outgoing email to Gmail using Exim4's Smarthost facility.

The best guide I could find was at http://wiki.debian.org/GmailAndExim4 . It is reproduced here adapted for Ubuntu 8.0.4 which I am running hear.

The steps to run as root or via sudo are

• apt-get install (It should install the light daemon)
• dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
• Choose mail sent by smarthost; no local mail
• System mail name: Your chosen host name
• IP-addresses to listen on: 127.0.0.1 (You don't want to allow external connections!)
• Other destinations for which mail is accepted: Leave blank
• Visible domain name for local users: Your chosen host name
• IP address or host name of the outgoing smarthost:  smtp.gmail.com::587
• Keep number of DNS-queries minimal (Dial-on-Demand)? No
• Split configuration into small files? Yes
• Root and postmaster mail recipient: Leave blank

• pico /etc/exim4/passwd.client or other favourite editor

And add the following lines, substituting yourAccountName and y0uRpaSsw0RD as appropriate

gmail-smtp.l.google.com:yourAccountName@gmail.com:y0uRpaSsw0RD 
*.google.com:yourAccountName@gmail.com:y0uRpaSsw0RD
smtp.gmail.com:yourAccountName@gmail.com:y0uRpaSsw0RD

• update-exim4.conf 
• /etc/init.d/exim4 restart just for good measure