On Tue, Apr 07, 2026 at 03:48:18PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Apr 07, 2026 at 15:18:47 -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 07, 2026 at 01:46:03PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > Start by looking at which domains you've declared to be local. > > > Does this include both "histomat.net" and "iskra.histomat.net"? > > > Or just one of them? Or neither? > > > > Is local domain name the same as what exim configuration calls > > system mail name? In the field put Iskra@hstomatlnet. There is no > > place for an additinoal domain name. Pehaps it can be provided in > > answer to other distinations. Is that so? I usually leave blank.
> > I don't use exim myself, so I did a web search. > <https://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-domain_host_address_and_local_part_lists.html#SECTnamedlists> > appears to contain the documentation for this. I looked it over. Not particularly helpful. > > Thus, you might do something like > > grep -r local_domains /etc/exim* > > and see what pops up. I find there is a /etc/mailname file which holds my mail name as Iskra.histomat.net, There is also a /etc/exim4/alias file, but it is empty. In any cxase, when I reinstall exim I also delete the /etc/exim4 directory. > > > Next, look at how your "postmaster" is configured. Is it an alias? > > > Is it a real user? If it's an alias, what address does it point to? The postmaster file holds my two email addressses. I commented them, but the frozen message continue. Another question. Although you deny being an exim expert, perhap someone will chime in to answer it. I went to The "timeout_frozen_after" setting is in /etc/exim4/conf.d/main/02_exim4-config_options file and changed MAIN_TIMEOUT_FROZEN_AFTER = from the default 7d to 1 hr. I assumed that after one hour the attempts to resend a broken message would be abandoned. Why did that not happen? -- Haines Brown
