On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, George Bonser wrote: > > Unfortunately, it doesn't work. I've also tried running eximconfig and > > selecting local system (mail is sent and recieved only locally). This > > doesn't work either. This is making me quite suspicious: maybe something > > else is broken. Is it possible exim doesn't like my machine name > > ("Caliban") starting with a capital? > > > > Can you give an example of the exact error you are getting. A look at the > /var/log/exim/mainlog and /var/log/exim/paniclog might be helpful.
<*slaps himself on the forehead*> Of course, check the logfiles! <*solemly puts on duncecap*> Okay the messages I get when local delivery attempted are: main: 1998-09-20 15:55:28 0zKaau-00007s-00 == [EMAIL PROTECTED] T=local_delivery defer (13): Permission denied: creating lock file hitching post /var/spool/mail/ajt.lock.Caliban.36047cb0.000001ea paniclog: 1998-09-20 15:42:54 socket bind() to port 25 for address (any) failed: Address already in use: daemon abandoned This looks diagnostic, although I don't know what to do about it. > I would change that hostname to caliban if I were you. have done so. I was rather more ignorant of hostname/username conventions when I first set up the machine. I guess I could always use Pann's smail configuration stuff, but I've read too much of the exim docs to give up now. Anyhow, I like exim better than smail :] Andrew Tarr "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate"