Re: Exim4 behaviour when long term failure of outgoing address

2012-10-12 Thread Alan Chandler
On 10/10/12 17:00, Alan Chandler wrote: On 10/10/12 09:49, Chris Davies wrote: 4. Failure (bounce) message to root@avalon is being lost - and this is the issue at stake Absolutely correct. I think I have discovered - at least part of the problem - maybe the whole thing. The inaddr.arpa add

Re: Exim4 behaviour when long term failure of outgoing address

2012-10-10 Thread Alan Chandler
On 10/10/12 09:49, Chris Davies wrote: 4. Failure (bounce) message to root@avalon is being lost - and this is the issue at stake Absolutely correct. I think I have discovered - at least part of the problem - maybe the whole thing. The inaddr.arpa address for the IP address of my virtual ser

Re: Exim4 behaviour when long term failure of outgoing address

2012-10-10 Thread lee
Alan Chandler writes: > I'll try and be more specific > > The domain in question is virginiaparkinson.com and I am having , [ dig -t mx virginiaparkinson.com ] | | ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> -t mx virginiaparkinson.com | ;; global options: +cmd | ;; Got answer: | ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUE

Re: Exim4 behaviour when long term failure of outgoing address

2012-10-10 Thread Chris Davies
Alan Chandler wrote: > The domain in question is virginiaparkinson.com [..] The one you're trying to deliver to (i.e. mynewdomain.com in the original posting)? > The virtual machine is a standard squeeze setup with my > update-exim4.conf.conf > dc_other_hostnames='' > (77.96.120.60 is my hom

Re: Exim4 behaviour when long term failure of outgoing address

2012-10-09 Thread Alan Chandler
On 07/10/12 22:31, Chris Davies wrote: Alan Chandler wrote: I am using Debian Squeeze on a virtual machine that I lease. It has exim4 (light) version as its mail server. - its name is avalon.hartley-consultants.com However, it looks to me like its trying to send a failure e-mail to me locally

Re: Exim4 behaviour when long term failure of outgoing address

2012-10-07 Thread Chris Davies
Alan Chandler wrote: > I am using Debian Squeeze on a virtual machine that I lease. It has > exim4 (light) version as its mail server. - its name is > avalon.hartley-consultants.com > However, it looks to me like its trying to send a failure e-mail to me > locally somehow. > 2012-10-05 07:4

Re: Exim4 behaviour when long term failure of outgoing address

2012-10-05 Thread lee
Alan Chandler writes: > Anyone any idea what is happening - and how I can change the > configuration of exim to tell me when mail, like the above, is being > refused. It's rather difficult to figure out what's going on without knowing how your exim is configured. Set up a DNS server first, then

Exim4 behaviour when long term failure of outgoing address

2012-10-05 Thread Alan Chandler
I am using Debian Squeeze on a virtual machine that I lease. It has exim4 (light) version as its mail server. - its name is avalon.hartley-consultants.com I have been trying to send mail to a mail address where the server is refusing connections (incorrectly - but that is another story). E