> What do I need to add to exim.conf to be able to send mail. I have a > PPP connection to a provider and use fetchmail to get mail but I cannot > send mail except through netscape. > > > In /var/log/exim/mainlog.01 > > SMTP error from remote mailer after Mail From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=2522: > host smtp-gw01.ibm.net Unresolvable domain name You are calling your machine Buddha, right? So exim assume any mail from your machine ought to be from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", but your service provider haven't heard of the machine Buddha and therefore assume it is fake and reject your mail.
The expensive solution is to register your own domain for your machine. Most people don't bother, and set up exim so it changes outgoing mail from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" instead. Edit /etc/exim.conf One of the last lines is something like this: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\ # {$value}fail} bcfrF First, remove the comment signs (#) Then fix it so it reads [EMAIL PROTECTED] ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\ {$value}fail} bcfrFs And create /etc/email-addresses with the line [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you are the one and only user who send mail, don't bother with the /etc/email-addresses file, or uncommenting stuff in /etc/exim.conf Just add a last line in /etc/exim.conf like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ffrs man exim, and files in /usr/doc/exim documents all this, but it is a lot to read. Basically you instruct exim to rewrite your username and address to something the remote server will accept. This is also necessary if you want people to be able to reply to you. Helge Hafting