On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 04:44:27AM +1000, Andrew Vaughan wrote: > On Saturday 24 May 2008 02:43, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 07:34:22PM +1000, Andrew Vaughan wrote: > > > I changed the hostname on my home server. I changed /etc/hostname and > > > /etc/mailname, rebooted and ran dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config thinking > > > that that should be enough to get exim configured for the new > > > hostname. > > > > Did you also change your /etc/hosts? > > No, but the new hostname is listed as an alias (and has been for 2 years). > > Experimenting shows that this does seem to the the problem.
Yes, it is. Exim tries to determine its FQDN on startup to be able to correctly process the @ macro. Without /etc/hosts, the FQDN cannot be correctly obtained since /etc/hostname only sets the unqualified host name. > Changing the order so that the new hostname is listed first fixes > the displayed name in exim4-config question 5. I'll check whether > mail from cron gets delivered. Does it work? > Perhaps exim4-config could be changed to automatically add /bin/hostname -a > to the list of automatic list of "local domains" in debconf question 5. That is not necessary. The list of local domains always includes @, which expands to the local host name on a correctly configured system. I don't think that it is correct to work around local configuration errors automatically. > Note that I consider the fact that exim was unable to notify me about the > stuck mail as part of the justification for the important bug severity. If you want to be notified about stuck messages, use eximstats on a regular basis and/or install a log management/check package. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]