Mark Wagnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Didi Damian wrote: > > > > The error that you got from sendmail might have been caused by not having > > 'localhost' added to exim.conf on this line: > > It's in there. In fact it was in there twice, so I removed one. > > [snip] > > > > > I haven't messed with SMTP in inetd at all but I would restore the entry in > > inetd.conf and fix the above line in exim.conf (in case it's not already > > there) > > and try again. From the error message it looks like fetchmail is configured > > right > > and the problem is with SMTP. > > > > I have one line in inetd.conf with smpt and exim in it this is it: > > smtp stream tcp nowait mail /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs > > Is this all I need there?
That's all I have too. > > I'm running potato btw, if that matters. I just did an update/upgrade > and a new exim was installed, but that didn't change things :( > > BTW, that strange error message seems to come from exim. I found a > section in the exim.conf file that looks a lot like it. > > thanks again > -- > __ _ > Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ ____ __ > Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ > http://www.debian.org > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- D.Damian
