Re: How do I get exim to work?
Thanks George, I nearly got exim to work. But after waisting another 6 hours I do not know how further. I can now receive messages from the ISP into the /var/spool/exim/input directory and read them there with emacs. Mail rarely gets through to /var/spool/mail/jhspies and when that happens, I cannot tell why the next does not do the same. Nothing was received by procmail although there was a ~/.forward file. Sometimes it seems as if exim just sends the mail back to the ISP to be received again when I dial up again. I do not understand all the questions of the configuration script and do not know what to answer. After two years of using linux it seems to become more user unfriendly as far as setting up mail is concerned. My .fetchmailrc also have to change for exim but I do not know how. At one stage the following setting seemed to work, but not in all cases: poll alpha.futurenet.co.za protocol pop3: no dns user jhspies\ password xx # smtphost localhost mda exim -bm %s I had to uninstall exim and reinstall smail to send this mail. Isn't there a howto on how to set up a single pc with a dialup connection to an ISP using exim, fetchmail and procmail? I know I do not need procmail if I use exim, but then I have to understand how exim works and I cannot get it working for a basic system. Sorry if I sound a bit grumpy, but I am a bit frustrated. The reason why I wanted to try out exim was because I get problems with a Sender field when I use smail. Some mail servers reject my mail as the following message illustrates (irrelevant lines removed): |- Failed addresses follow: -| [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... transport smtp: 550 relaying mail to narga.sun.ac.za is not allowed |- Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^ I have tried to prevent that by the following in my /etc/smail/transports: smtp: driver=tcpsmtp, max_addrs=100, # limit on number of addresses -max_chars, inet, # use route-addr addresses for routing remove_header=Sender; use_bind, # resolve MX and multiple A records defer_no_connect, # try again if the nameserver is down -local_mx_okay, # fail an MX to the local host defnames# use standard domain searching but that obviously did not work. -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -- Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me. John 14:1
Re: How do I get exim to work?
Isn't there a howto on how to set up a single pc with a dialup connection to an ISP using exim, fetchmail and procmail? I know I do not need procmail if I use exim, but then I have to understand how exim works and I cannot get it working for a basic system. I have fetchmail feeding straight to procmail like: mda formail -s /usr/bin/procmail procmail then sorts and delivers it to to my homedir. Sorry if I sound a bit grumpy, but I am a bit frustrated. No wonder - you seem to be taking the hard road on this, I remember your mails about this ages a go. The reason why I wanted to try out exim was because I get problems with a Sender field when I use smail. Some mail servers reject my mail as the following message illustrates (irrelevant lines removed): Hrmm. I use the following in my exim.conf: qualify_domain = lonesom.pp.fi local_domains = lonesom.pp.fi:lonesom.pp.fi local_domains_include_host = true local_domains_include_host_literals = true that get's the host part right for me. --j
How do I get exim to work?
I am trying to get exim to work, but without success. I would appreciate
some help.
My hostname is Johann.
My ISP-domain is alpha.futurenet.co.za.
I have a single PC with a dialup ppp-connection and fetchmail.
My username is jhspies on both the localhost and at the ISP.
If I answer the configuration script like this I cannot send mail to
anybody else on alpha.futurenet.co.za:
-
You must choose one of the options below:
(1) Internet site; [snip]
(2) Internet site using smarthost: [snip]
[snip]
Select a number from 1 to 5, from the list above.
Enter value (default=`1', `x' to restart): 2
==
What is the `visible' mail name of your system? This will appear on
From: lines of outgoing messages.
Enter value (default=`Johann', `x' to restart): alpha.futurenet.co.za
==
[snip]
On the following questions I gave 'none' as default answer.
===
Would you like to use the RBL? ('f'ilter, 'r'eject, or 'n'o)?
Enter value (default=`n', `x' to restart):
==
Which machine will act as the smarthost and handle outgoing mail?
Enter value (`x' to restart): alpha.futurenet.co.za
==
[snip]
Which user account(s) should system administrator mail go to ?
Enter one or more usernames separated by spaces or commas . Enter
`none' if you want to leave this mail in `root's mailbox - NB this
is strongly discouraged. Also, note that usernames should be lowercase!
Enter value (default=`jhspies', `x' to restart):
The following configuration has been entered:
==
Mail generated on this system will have `alpha.futurenet.co.za' used
as the domain part (after the @) in the From: field and similar places.
The following domain(s) will be recognised as referring to this system:
alpha.futurenet.co.za
Mail for postmaster, root, etc. will be sent to jhspies.
Local mail is delivered.
Outbound remote mail is sent via alpha.futurenet.co.za.
[snip]
Configuration installed.
--
I then experimented with my /etc/exim.conf file. The contents of this
file now looks like this (commented lines removed):
qualify_domain = alpha.futurenet.co.za
local_domains = Johann
local_domains_include_host = true
local_domains_include_host_literals = true
relay_domains =
relay_domains_include_local_mx = true
never_users = root
host_lookup_nets = 0.0.0.0/0
sender_host_reject_relay = *
trusted_users = mail
smtp_verify = true
gecos_pattern = ^([^,:]*)
gecos_name = $1
received_header_text = Received: \
${if def:sender_fullhost {from ${sender_fullhost} \
${if def:sender_ident {(${sender_ident})}}\n\t}\
{${if def:sender_ident {from ${sender_ident} \
by ${primary_hostname} \
${if def:received_protocol {with ${received_protocol}}} \
(Exim ${version_number} #${compile_number} (Debian))\n\t\
id ${message_id}
end
local_delivery:
driver = appendfile
group = mail
mode = 0660
mode_fail_narrower = false
file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
address_pipe:
driver = pipe
return_output
address_file:
driver = appendfile
address_directory:
driver = appendfile
no_from_hack
prefix =
suffix =
address_reply:
driver = autoreply
remote_smtp:
driver = smtp
end
real_local:
prefix = real-
driver = localuser
transport = local_delivery
system_aliases:
driver = aliasfile
file = /etc/aliases
search_type = lsearch
userforward:
driver = forwardfile
no_verify
check_ancestor
file = .forward
modemask = 002
filter
localuser:
driver = localuser
transport = local_delivery
end
lookuphost:
driver = lookuphost
transport = remote_smtp
literal:
driver = ipliteral
transport = remote_smtp
end
# Domain Error Retries
# -- - ---
* * F,2h,15m; G,16h,2h,1.5; F,4d,8h
end
--
When trying to get mail from my ISP the following happens:
reading message 1 of 16 (2612 bytes)
popclient: SMTP 220 Johann ESMTP Exim 1.92 #1 Mon, 28 Sep 1998 18:42:34
+0200
popclient: SMTP EHLO Johann
popclient: SMTP 250-Johann Hello jhspies at johann [127.0.0.1]
popclient: SMTP 250-SIZE
popclient: SMTP 250-PIPELINING
popclient: SMTP 250 HELP
popclient: forwarding to localhost
popclient: SMTP MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] SIZE=2612
popclient: SMTP 250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] is syntactically correct
popclient: SMTP RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
popclient: SMTP 550 relaying
Re: How do I get exim to work?
On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Jaakko Niemi wrote: As root exim -bp shows the queue. I re-installed exim (I think for the last time now). I can see the queue. All the messages are reported to be frozen. Eximon does show some messages. This is because you are running as user, and you do not have permissions to /var/log/exim. As the files are owned mail.mail add yourself to group mail and you should be able to run eximon right. I did that and at least eximon showed something, but nothing that made me more wise about what is going on. Thank you for all your trouble. Earlier in this list I queried the correctness of somebody's mentioning of an upgrade to smail. I had a lot of responses and some of the responses convinced me to try once again. I have now, over the last weeks removed smail, installed exim , removed exim , reinstalled smail about 6 times. I have had no success so far. Maybe I will try once (only once ) again when I have Debian 2.0. I do not have time to waste like this. I want to convince my friends to use Linux. I will keep them away from programs like exim until it can be installed to work the first time. Regards. Johann -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -- One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. Psalms 27:4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I get exim to work?
On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Jaakko Niemi wrote: As root exim -bp shows the queue. I re-installed exim (I think for the last time now). I can see the queue. All the messages are reported to be frozen. Eximon does show some messages. This is because you are running as user, and you do not have permissions to /var/log/exim. As the files are owned mail.mail add yourself to group mail and you should be able to run eximon right. I did that and at least eximon showed something, but nothing that made me more wise about what is going on. Thank you for all your trouble. Earlier in this list I queried the correctness of somebody's mentioning of an upgrade to smail. I had a lot of responses and some of the responses convinced me to try once again. I have now, over the last weeks removed smail, installed exim , removed exim , reinstalled smail about 6 times. I have had no success so far. Maybe I will try once (only once ) again when I have Debian 2.0. I do not have time to waste like this. I want to convince my friends to use Linux. I will keep them away from programs like exim until it can be installed to work the first time. If you can get smail to work, use it. I used to use smail, when I had a bo system. When I upgraded to hamm some seven months ago (last december), I half-accidentally installed exim instead of smail, and have since used it and installed it several times without trouble. I think there has been a lot of changes between bo and hamm versions of exim. Last night I watched a person (who had never even seen Linux) to install hamm (and exim) without any troubles. The only information I gave her was where to find the relevant documentation. --j -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I get exim to work?
On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Jaakko Niemi wrote: Which version ? Hamm or bo ? 1.3.1 Do you have a permanent connection or a dial-up ? dial-up. How does exim.conf look ? I re-installed exim to get exim.conf again. I made some progress. I do not know what I did differently, but Pine would accept a message sent locally, put it in the mailq, but eximon wouldn't see it, neither would pine. As root exim -bp shows the queue. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED](28)$ eximon [1] 821 [EMAIL PROTECTED](29)$ Exim Monitor version 1.23 (compiled 4-Mar-1997 15:28:01) initializing *** eximon warning: can't open log file This is because you are running as user, and you do not have permissions to /var/log/exim. As the files are owned mail.mail add yourself to group mail and you should be able to run eximon right. Exim Monitor running Here is my exim.conf (I removed the commented lines): - qualify_domain = alpha.futurenet.co.za local_domains = alpha.futurenet.co.za I have otherwise identical configuration, but this line: local_domains = lonesom.pp.fi:lonesom.pp.fi Besides Pine, have you tries any other MUAs, mail for ex. ? --j -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I get exim to work?
-- Forwarded message -- On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Jaakko Niemi wrote: popclient: POP3 +OK 5698 octets reading message 1 (5698 bytes) popclient: SMTP connect to (null) failed Smells like exim is not running, nor inetd is starting it. Do you have something like the following in your inetd.conf: #:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services. smtp stream tcp nowait mail/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs Thank you for replying and no, my inetd.conf did not have that line for exim. That line looked like this: # smtp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.smtpd (will be restored by smail postinst) and there was no exim-line. The exim installation script seems to be buggy. Anyhow, I did put the line you supplied above in inetd.conf and rebooted the computer because I do not know how to get inetd to read that file otherwise (later I discovered inetd-update and used it to enable smtp, but without any positive results). I then sent a test message to myself locally using mailto. No error messages appeared, and the file was in /var/spool/exim/input. I tried to send an test message using Pine but the message was again: [Error sending: 421 SMTP connection went away!] To send this message, I had to remove exim again and reinstall smail. Johann -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -- Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.I John 2:15 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I get exim to work?
-- Forwarded message -- On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Jaakko Niemi wrote: popclient: POP3 +OK 5698 octets reading message 1 (5698 bytes) popclient: SMTP connect to (null) failed Smells like exim is not running, nor inetd is starting it. Do you have something like the following in your inetd.conf: #:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services. smtp stream tcp nowait mail/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs Thank you for replying and no, my inetd.conf did not have that line for exim. That line looked like this: # smtp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.smtpd (will be restored by smail postinst) This is commented out line, and methinks there was a bug conserning this looong time ago. That line means that when an smtp connection attempt is approved, inetd shall start that mailer. and there was no exim-line. The exim installation script seems to be buggy. Which version ? Hamm or bo ? Anyhow, I did put the line you supplied above in inetd.conf and rebooted the computer because I do not know how to get inetd to read that file otherwise (later I discovered inetd-update and used it to enable smtp, but without any positive results). I then sent a test message to myself locally using mailto. No error messages appeared, and the file was in /var/spool/exim/input. I tried to send an test message using Pine but the message was again: [Error sending: 421 SMTP connection went away!] Do you have a permanent connection or a dial-up ? How does exim.conf look ? To send this message, I had to remove exim again and reinstall smail. Johann -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -- Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.I John 2:15 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do I get exim to work?
Hallo, After a discussion on this list some time ago on exim, I decided to try out exim once again and once again I could not get it to work. I use Debian 1.3.1. I have a dialup system and use fetchmail an procmail normally with smail. After running eximconfig and answering the questions as close as possible to that of smailconfig, I tried it out. The first effort to get mail from the ISP failed with the message that /etc/exim.conf has the wrong owner, group or permissions. Then I changed the permissions to 644 and tried again. Here is a copy of what appeared on the screen: Script started on Thu Jun 25 08:27:13 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED](1)$ ses /home/jhspies/.netrc:1: warning: found login before any host names /home/jhspies/.netrc:2: warning: found password before any host names fetchmail: 3.8.0 querying alpha.futurenet.co.za (protocol POP3) at Thu Jun 25 08:28:01 1998 popclient: POP3 +OK IMS POP3 Server 0.87 Ready [EMAIL PROTECTED] popclient: POP3 USER jhspies popclient: POP3 +OK jhspies is welcome here popclient: POP3 PASS * popclient: POP3 +OK jhspies's mailbox has 9 message(s) (86582 octets) popclient: POP3 STAT popclient: POP3 +OK 9 86582 popclient: POP3 LAST popclient: POP3 +OK 0 popclient: 9 messages at [EMAIL PROTECTED] popclient: POP3 RETR 1 popclient: POP3 +OK 5698 octets reading message 1 (5698 bytes) popclient: SMTP connect to (null) failed popclient: POP3 QUIT popclient: POP3 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- popclient: SMTP transaction error while fetching from alpha.futurenet.co.za fetchmail: normal termination, status 9 ppp0 link terminated 1998-06-25 08:28:04 Exim configuration file /etc/exim.conf has the wrong owner, group, or mode -- At this stage I changed the permissions of /etc/exim.conf to 644 and tried again with the following result: /home/jhspies/.netrc:1: warning: found login before any host names /home/jhspies/.netrc:2: warning: found password before any host names fetchmail: 3.8.0 querying alpha.futurenet.co.za (protocol POP3) at Thu Jun 25 08:30:43 1998 popclient: POP3 +OK IMS POP3 Server 0.87 Ready [EMAIL PROTECTED] popclient: POP3 USER jhspies popclient: POP3 +OK jhspies is welcome here popclient: POP3 PASS * popclient: POP3 +OK jhspies's mailbox has 9 message(s) (86582 octets) popclient: POP3 STAT popclient: POP3 +OK 9 86582 popclient: POP3 LAST popclient: POP3 +OK 0 popclient: 9 messages at [EMAIL PROTECTED] popclient: POP3 RETR 1 popclient: POP3 +OK 5698 octets reading message 1 (5698 bytes) popclient: SMTP connect to (null) failed popclient: POP3 QUIT popclient: POP3 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- popclient: SMTP transaction error while fetching from alpha.futurenet.co.za fetchmail: normal termination, status 9 ppp0 link terminated -- About two years ago, when I was a total newcomer to Linux, I could install smail and use it. I have now after about 6 efforts not be able to install exim successfully. Can somebody help me, please? In the mean time, I am going back to smail now. Johann. PS. When I tried to send this message I got the message [Error sending: 421 SMTP connection went away!] -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -- Honor thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. Ephesians 6:2,3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I get exim to work?
popclient: POP3 +OK 5698 octets reading message 1 (5698 bytes) popclient: SMTP connect to (null) failed Smells like exim is not running, nor inetd is starting it. Do you have something like the following in your inetd.conf: #:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services. smtpstream tcp nowait mail/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs ? --j -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
