Re: Exim... can't get outgoing mail off my machine
Kenward, check out the /usr/doc/exim/spec.txt.gz file, near line 11900 for some information on setting up a smarthost thingy. (Anyone else think exim's docs might be a bit too big? :) On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 04:51:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, but I cannot figure out how to get mail to other people on our LAN using exim. Those I send are booted back saying they don't exist on my machine. Mail should go to a server, but it treats all with the same domain as being on my machine. Have gone through the manual but I guess I'm blind. Can someone kindly point out my blunder? Kenward -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
Re: Exim... can't get outgoing mail off my machine
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 07:49:21PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 04:51:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, but I cannot figure out how to get mail to other people on our LAN using exim. Those I send are booted back saying they don't exist on my machine. Mail should go to a server, but it treats all with the same domain as being on my machine. Have gone through the manual but I guess I'm blind. Kenward, check out the /usr/doc/exim/spec.txt.gz file, near line 11900 for some information on setting up a smarthost thingy. I don't think that will help if the problem is that exim thinks that it handles all mail for his domain. Most MTAs implement a luser_relay option which allows one to specify a host to throw unknown local users to. In exim this appears to be a smartuser director, and is documented in the manual. Try adding after the localuser director in your exim.conf: startuser: driver = domainlist transport = remote_smtp route_list = * mail.relay.for.your.site bydns_a (Completely untested and assuming a fairly standard Debian exim configuration). The other option is to use a fake name or your hostname internally and use rewriting to make sure any addresses which make it off your system are valid. (Anyone else think exim's docs might be a bit too big? :) The main problem is knowing what to look for rather than anything else - it's not very well indexed and doesn't cater to people using different terminology so well. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgpoW1WRPhQuh.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Exim... can't get outgoing mail off my machine
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 06:03:09AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 07:49:21PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 04:51:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, but I cannot figure out how to get mail to other people on our LAN using exim. Those I send are booted back saying they don't exist on my machine. Mail should go to a server, but it treats all with the same domain as being on my machine. Have gone through the manual but I guess I'm blind. Kenward, check out the /usr/doc/exim/spec.txt.gz file, near line 11900 for some information on setting up a smarthost thingy. I don't think that will help if the problem is that exim thinks that it handles all mail for his domain. Most MTAs implement a luser_relay option which allows one to specify a host to throw unknown local users to. In exim this appears to be a smartuser director, and is documented in the manual. Well, the line number that I pointed at tells how to make exim point at a smarthost. It looked like the smartuser director might be able to do it, but it looked more like whatever was near line 11900 would do it better. :) Try adding after the localuser director in your exim.conf: startuser: driver = domainlist transport = remote_smtp route_list = * mail.relay.for.your.site bydns_a (Completely untested and assuming a fairly standard Debian exim configuration). The other option is to use a fake name or your hostname internally and use rewriting to make sure any addresses which make it off your system are valid. (Anyone else think exim's docs might be a bit too big? :) The main problem is knowing what to look for rather than anything else - it's not very well indexed and doesn't cater to people using different terminology so well. Hehhe. In the exim docs, EVERY SINGLE THING is explained in wonderful detail, and yet .. even though I have read them through completely a few times, I still feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of data they contain. It has to be one of the few programs well documented. :) -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
Re: Exim... can't get outgoing mail off my machine
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 06:03:09AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 07:49:21PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 04:51:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, but I cannot figure out how to get mail to other people on our LAN using exim. Those I send are booted back saying they don't exist on my machine. Mail should go to a server, but it treats all with the same domain as being on my machine. Have gone through the manual but I guess I'm blind. Kenward, check out the /usr/doc/exim/spec.txt.gz file, near line 11900 for some information on setting up a smarthost thingy. I don't think that will help if the problem is that exim thinks that it handles all mail for his domain. Most MTAs implement a luser_relay option which allows one to specify a host to throw unknown local users to. In exim this appears to be a smartuser director, and is documented in the manual. [...] Mark, Thanks for the note. I ultimately went back into eximconfig and realized that a better choice would be a satellite system, and played with the settings. What I wound up with seems to fit what you describe. So far (with no one responding to test msgs. this late at night :) it seems to be working (replies don't get bounced back to me with delivery failures). Kenward (Anyone else think exim's docs might be a bit too big? :) The main problem is knowing what to look for rather than anything else - it's not very well indexed and doesn't cater to people using different terminology so well. fully agree with this
Re: Exim... can't get outgoing mail off my machine
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:05:56PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: Well, the line number that I pointed at tells how to make exim point at a smarthost. It looked like the smartuser director might be able to do it, but it looked more like whatever was near line 11900 would do it better. :) I'm concerned that it wouldn't even get to the smarthost - it would think this is a local address, I should be able to deliver it and then find it can't and bounce before ever trying a smarthost. detail, and yet .. even though I have read them through completely a few times, I still feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of data they contain. It has to be one of the few programs well documented. :) I find the trick is to remember the big picture and look up those specifics that aren't memorable. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgp2gug9NQZFu.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Exim... can't get outgoing mail off my machine
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 07:13:45AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:05:56PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: Well, the line number that I pointed at tells how to make exim point at a smarthost. It looked like the smartuser director might be able to do it, but it looked more like whatever was near line 11900 would do it better. :) I'm concerned that it wouldn't even get to the smarthost - it would think this is a local address, I should be able to deliver it and then find it can't and bounce before ever trying a smarthost. D'oh! Upon looking again, I think you are right. Good thing the original poster fixed his problem, huh? :) detail, and yet .. even though I have read them through completely a few times, I still feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of data they contain. It has to be one of the few programs well documented. :) I find the trick is to remember the big picture and look up those specifics that aren't memorable. Keeping vi's '/' handy helps too. :) -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
