I stumbled across this while upgrading to testing an thought it might
be useful for others. If you see this when upgrading exim4-config:
> DEBCONFsomethingDEBCONF found in exim configuration. This is most probably
> caused by you upgrading to exim4 4.67-3 or later without accepti
On 11/2/05, Aaron Stromas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
My SA-exim seem to run but does let spam through. From the headers it seem sa-exim simply does not scan mail:
X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 80.108.137.150X-SA-Exim-Mail-From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on localhost.localdomain);
Hi,
My SA-exim seem to run but does let spam through. From the headers it seem sa-exim simply does not scan mail:
X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 80.108.137.150X-SA-Exim-Mail-From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on localhost.localdomain); SAEximRunCond expanded to false
Any suggestions why it d
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 10:57:47PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 10:23:07PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> >
> > Seriously, what problems are you having with TBird? Let's get that
> > running so you don't have to suffer the horrors of an MUA stuck in the
> > 1990s.
>
> This
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 10:23:07PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I seem to have gotten most important things to work. One thing I
> > miss that I need is a quick way to set the From: field since I
> > have three different email addresses that I send messages from.
...
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 02:18:20PM +0300, Simo PW Kauppi wrote:
> > >
> > > No, the /etc/mailname is used to resolve the domain part of the email
> > > address. If you send mail to e.g. paul (without any @something), then
> > > whatever is in your /etc/mailname is appended to the username with @.
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 03:45:52AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> From: Simo PW Kauppi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 9/3/2005 2:20:56 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Re: simple exim configuration
>
> > The is value should be your local username i.e.
From: Simo PW Kauppi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 9/3/2005 2:20:56 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Re: simple exim configuration
> The is value should be your local username i.e. in your case I guess
> 'paul' in all three accounts (if you want all three acc
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 12:20:11AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> From: Simo PW Kauppi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 06:44:17PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> > > Thanks for reminding me about mainlog. I'm also getting a lot of these
> > > which may be from a bad fetchmail confi
From: Simo PW Kauppi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 06:44:17PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> > Thanks for reminding me about mainlog. I'm also getting a lot of these
> > which may be from a bad fetchmail config.
> >
> > 2005-09-02 18:32:29 1EBMtO-0007uZ-9Q == [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 06:44:17PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:29:14PM +0300, Simo PW Kauppi wrote:
> >
> > It is probably so that your own box tries to deliver the message to
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and fails. Then it sends the failure to the sender
> > which in this case i
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:29:14PM +0300, Simo PW Kauppi wrote:
>
> It is probably so that your own box tries to deliver the message to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] and fails. Then it sends the failure to the sender
> which in this case is [EMAIL PROTECTED] which should also fail
> because it shouldn't go t
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 01:07:10PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 10:49:29PM +0300, Simo PW Kauppi wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:42:57AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> > > I have read the info file and some man pages and experimented and don't
> > > know how to get exim to
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 01:07:10PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 10:49:29PM +0300, Simo PW Kauppi wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:42:57AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> > > I have read the info file and some man pages and experimented and don't
> > > know how to get exim to
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 10:49:29PM +0300, Simo PW Kauppi wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:42:57AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> > I have read the info file and some man pages and experimented and don't
> > know how to get exim to deliver mail to a remote site.
> >
> > I am using 'dpkg-reconfigur
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:42:57AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> I have read the info file and some man pages and experimented and don't know
> how to get exim to deliver mail to a remote site.
>
> I am using 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' to configure. See file below.
>
> My ISP returns:
>
>
I have read the info file and some man pages and experimented and don't know
how to get exim to deliver mail to a remote site.
I am using 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' to configure. See file below.
My ISP returns:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unrouteable address
I have an idea that there is som
Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
It's been a long time but I remember there is a console program that
will ask me a number of quesions about my Exim setup like
Using Smarthost, name of smarthost, etc
What is this program called?
For the life of me I cannot remember.
Lance
I believe "dpkg-reconfigure exim
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 04:43:52PM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> It's been a long time but I remember there is a console program that
> will ask me a number of quesions about my Exim setup like
> Using Smarthost, name of smarthost, etc
>
> What is this program called?
>
> For the life of me
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 04:43:52PM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> It's been a long time but I remember there is a console program that
> will ask me a number of quesions about my Exim setup like
> Using Smarthost, name of smarthost, etc
>
> What is this program called?
>
> For the life of me
It's been a long time but I remember there is a console program that
will ask me a number of quesions about my Exim setup like
Using Smarthost, name of smarthost, etc
What is this program called?
For the life of me I cannot remember.
Lance
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On Wed, 19 May 2004, Ralph Crongeyer wrote:
> I see. I wonder if it's too much to ask, if you would post a message
> here when it's finished?
>
Finally got some time to do it. But I think I missed todays deadline for
getting into the archive. If so, it will be in unstable tomorrow.
I've tried
> In module configuration I have:
>
> Exim executable /etc/init.d/exim4
this souhld be /usr/sbin/exim or something..
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module configuration.
> >
> > In module configuration I have:
> >
> > Exim executable /etc/init.d/exim4
> >
> > Exim configuration file /etc/exim4/exim4.conf
> >
> > Is this wrong? Or is the package broken?
>
> It&#
find the exim binary or it's configuration file. If Exim is
> installed on your system try the module configuration.
>
> In module configuration I have:
>
> Exim executable /etc/init.d/exim4
>
> Exim configuration file /etc/exim4/exim4.conf
>
your system try the module configuration.
In module configuration I have:
Exim executable /etc/init.d/exim4
Exim configuration file /etc/exim4/exim4.conf
Is this wrong? Or is the package broken?
Ralph
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Greetings, all.
I'm having a little difficulty with exim configuration. Debian stable,
exim 3.35-1woody2.
This is a home system, set up to deliver all outgoing mail through a
smarthost. I ran eximconfig, selected the smarthost option, and entered
the relevant data to get my basic exim
> > Everything is from latest stable branch:
> >
> > 1) I've got Exim and Apache setup and working well.
> >
> > 2) I installed the Mailman package. Everything seems to be working
> > well (listinfo and admin pages display fine, newlist works, etc.)
> > except it won't send anything out, ever. I've
On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 18:26:28 -0600, Harley Pebley wrote:
> Everything is from latest stable branch:
For a serious list setup, I'd recommend using newer versions of mailman and
exim. Switching to Exim4 really is worth the trouble.
# Exim4 backport
deb http://www.logic.univie.ac.at/~ametzler/de
Everything is from latest stable branch:
1) I've got Exim and Apache setup and working well.
2) I installed the Mailman package. Everything seems to be working
well (listinfo and admin pages display fine, newlist works, etc.)
except it won't send anything out, ever. I've googled and googled
and f
I am puzzled about how to configure this. It is probably one line but I
missed it.
I want to configure it so that it first attempts to deliver directly.
Then if it fails delivers through the ISP's relay.
Background ...
It's easy to configure it to always deliver directly. That works except
Hi All,
I've got the following routers configured in my exim.conf file:
smarthost:
driver = domainlist
transport = remote_smtp
route_list = "* fermi.bjh bydns_a"
lookuphost:
driver = lookuphost
transport = remote_smtp
end
This is on a laptop. When the laptop is in the office, t
On Fri, 1999-01-01 at 03:51, Engosh wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:35:03 +0100
> "Antony Gelberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Have you RTFM?
> >
>
> I'm sorry but I don't know what RTFM means... ;)
>
WWJD? He would RTFM!
What Would Josh Do? He would Read The Fine[1] Manual.
[1] Some think
On Fri, Jan 01, 1999 at 03:51:14AM +0100, Engosh wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:35:03 +0100
> "Antony Gelberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Engosh wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to configure a mail server at home. I'm using exim,
> > > fetchmail and procmail. By now I can send mails
Hi,
I'm trying to configure a mail server at home. I'm using exim, fetchmail and procmail.
By now I can send mails to my box from local, but I don't know what I have to do to be
able to receive mails from the internet. Do you know how to do it?
Thanx.
Engosh
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Engosh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to configure a mail server at home. I'm using exim,
> fetchmail and procmail. By now I can send mails to my box from local,
> but I don't know what I have to do to be able to receive mails from
> the internet. Do you know how to do it?
>
> Thanx.
>
> Engosh
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:35:03 +0100
"Antony Gelberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Engosh wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to configure a mail server at home. I'm using exim,
> > fetchmail and procmail. By now I can send mails to my box from local,
> > but I don't know what I have to do to be able
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:57:25 +0200
David Fokkema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 01, 1999 at 03:51:14AM +0100, Engosh wrote:
> > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:35:03 +0100
> > "Antony Gelberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Engosh wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to configure
I'm having problems configuring tmda to run on Sarge with the default
exim install. I've followed instructions in the tmda manual except:
echo "|/path/to/bin/procmail -p" > ~/.forward
I left this file empty since procmail is specified in exim.conf by
default.
All mail ends up being passed to p
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On Sunday 22 December 2002 5:44 am, Paul Scott wrote:
> Did you use fetchmailconf to generate /etc/fetchmailrc? I have run it
> several times and now it doesn't run. It spends about a minute with an
> hourglass and then the hourglass disappears. T
Alan Chandler wrote:
Can you tell me what configuration causes any of those connections
(except for those which have already been answered in this thread).
Fetchmail
Runs as a daemon (debian package loaded and started by /etc/init.d/fetchmail)
- - I have listed some of my /etc/fetchmailrc
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On Saturday 21 December 2002 8:16 am, Paul Scott wrote:
> Alan Chandler wrote:
...
> >but for instance, I do
> >
> >fetchmail ->smtp->exim (as MTA)->pipe->spamassassin->exim(as
> >sendmail)->$HOME/Maildir->courier->pop3->kmail
>
> Can you tell me what
Oops. Here's to the list:
Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 03:16, Paul Scott wrote:
experience) is that when I do 'inetd restart' I find in
/var/log/daemon.log:
Dec 21 01:10:23 joy inetd[32608]: restart: No such file or directory
You want:
/etc/init.d/inetd restart
to select
On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 03:16, Paul Scott wrote:
> Alan Chandler wrote:
>
[***SNIP!!!***]
> Yes, that's what I'm trying at the moment. Unfortunately fetchmailconf
> has stopped working. The only clues I presently have (with my limited
> experience) is that when I do 'inetd restart' I find in
Alan Chandler wrote:
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Thanks. I forgot to readdress the last two here to the list.
On Friday 20 December 2002 10:44 pm, you wrote:
..
I haven't changed what was installed. I now wonder what the
relationship be
Oops! I didn't send two of these to the list:
David H. Clymer wrote:
${local_part} is taken from the recipiant's email address. if someone
sent you an email (to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) the exim splits up the address on
the @ and sets two variables:
local_part: paul
domain: foo.com
What pro
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On Friday 20 December 2002 10:44 pm, you wrote:
..
> >>>On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 14:13, Paul Scott wrote:
> Ok. My /etc/exim/exim.conf has:
>
> local_delivery:
> driver = appendfile
> group = mail
>
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On Friday 20 December 2002 8:03 pm, Paul Scott wrote:
> David H. Clymer wrote:
> >On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 14:13, Paul Scott wrote:
> >>Ok. My /etc/exim/exim.conf has:
> >>
> >>local_delivery:
> >> driver = appendfile
> >> group = mail
> >> mode = 066
> >>
> >${local_part} is taken from the recipiant's email address. if someone
> >sent you an email (to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) the exim splits up the address on
> >the @ and sets two variables:
> >
> >local_part: paul
> >domain: foo.com
> >
> What process does that substitution?
I'm not exactly sure,
David H. Clymer wrote:
On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 14:13, Paul Scott wrote:
Ok. My /etc/exim/exim.conf has:
local_delivery:
driver = appendfile
group = mail
mode = 0660
mode_fail_narrower = false
envelope_to_add = true
return_path_add = true
file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
but mutt te
On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 14:13, Paul Scott wrote:
> Ok. My /etc/exim/exim.conf has:
>
> local_delivery:
> driver = appendfile
> group = mail
> mode = 0660
> mode_fail_narrower = false
> envelope_to_add = true
> return_path_add = true
> file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
>
> but mutt
Ok. My /etc/exim/exim.conf has:
local_delivery:
driver = appendfile
group = mail
mode = 0660
mode_fail_narrower = false
envelope_to_add = true
return_path_add = true
file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
but mutt tells me that /var/spool/mail/paul is not a mailbox.
BTW the way where is
Paul Scott wrote:
David H. Clymer wrote:
Ah. This is one of those areas I haven't quite got down: How do I
tell who's listening to port 25? Do you have any suggestions as to
what to
you could try: lsof -i TCP:25
That gives me:
inetd 243 root 11u IPv4 477720 TCP *:smtp (
I just realized that I wasnt sending my replies to the list :) silly me.
davidc
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Subject: Re: simple exim configuration
Date: 20 Dec 2002 13:20:56 -0500
> That gives me:
&
David H. Clymer wrote:
Ah. This is one of those areas I haven't quite got down: How do I tell
who's listening to port 25? Do you have any suggestions as to what to
you could try: lsof -i TCP:25
That gives me:
inetd 243 root 11u IPv4 477720 TCP *:smtp (LISTEN)
What progr
Pigeon wrote:
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:29:55PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
Pigeon wrote:
According to man fetchmail, it delivers it by SMTP to port 25, whence
it is picked up by exim or whatever other MTA you have and delivered
to wherever it has to go.
Ah. This is one of those areas I
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:29:55PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> Pigeon wrote:
>
> >On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:02:21AM +0100, Tony Crawford wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Paul Scott wrote (on 18 Dec 2002 at 23:57):
> >>
> >>
> >>
> fetchmail to get the mail, procmail to sort it, mozilla or mutt to
> >>
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:02:21AM +0100, Tony Crawford wrote:
> Paul Scott wrote (on 18 Dec 2002 at 23:57):
>
> > >fetchmail to get the mail, procmail to sort it, mozilla or mutt to
> > >display it, you're all set.
> > >
> > That sounds great. Thanks.
> >
> > Any ideas why I can't apt-get remo
Benedict Verheyen wrote:
Give aptitude a try. Very nice. I don't like dselect either. It's ugly.
Thanks. I do have it installed and agree that it's more friendly than
dselect.
Paul
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Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
>
>>On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:57:02PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
>>
>>
>>>John Griffiths wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
>
Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:57:02PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
John Griffiths wrote:
At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
Any ideas why I can't apt-get remove exim without removing mutt?
use dselect. much easier than apt-get :)
I have been
Paul Scott wrote (on 18 Dec 2002 at 23:57):
> >fetchmail to get the mail, procmail to sort it, mozilla or mutt to
> >display it, you're all set.
> >
> That sounds great. Thanks.
>
> Any ideas why I can't apt-get remove exim without removing mutt?
Because the mutt package expects the system to
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:57:02PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> John Griffiths wrote:
>
> >At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> >
> >
> >>What do I need to do to get exim to get mail from my ISP? Or at least
> >>where is the best document or tutorial to read to answer my own questions?
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:57:02PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> John Griffiths wrote:
>
> >At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> Any ideas why I can't apt-get remove exim without removing mutt?
use dselect. much easier than apt-get :)
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John Griffiths wrote:
At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
What do I need to do to get exim to get mail from my ISP? Or at least
where is the best document or tutorial to read to answer my own questions?
exim doesn't fetch mail
fetchmail fetches mail.
Thanks. So that's why
At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
>What do I need to do to get exim to get mail from my ISP? Or at least
>where is the best document or tutorial to read to answer my own questions?
exim doesn't fetch mail
fetchmail fetches mail.
from the sound of it you don't really need exim (or a
I have been looking through exim documentation for quite a while and I
am almost as confused as when I started.
What do I need to do to get exim to get mail from my ISP? Or at least
where is the best document or tutorial to read to answer my own questions?
Is procmail a good choice for filteri
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 03:48:30PM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
| I've been wondering how best to configure Exim for use on a Laptop. How
| are other Debian users configuring it?
My recommendation is to use a smarhost, one way or another. Are you
the admin of some mail server on the Internet o
"Jamin" == Jamin W Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jamin,
I actually do not use exim much on my laptop, but these hints might
help since I looked into this when I first got it some 2 years
ago. However, as things turned out, I rarely, if ever, send mail from
it so I can't say I have any r
I've been wondering how best to configure Exim for use on a Laptop. How
are other Debian users configuring it?
I'm likely missing something obvious as I don't normally use Exim.
Here's my take on it so far.
The eximconfig script presents 5 options of these only the first 3 are
really possible co
"Rob" == R Ransbottom writes:
Rob> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 09:11:24PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad
Rob> wrote:
R> How should I make this work?
>> My guess is you have attbi.com listed in local_domains in
>> exim.conf.
Rob> Yes, it is.
That is certainly a problem, since I
Hi,
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, R Ransbottom wrote:
>
> I receive mail with fetchmail which works fine.
> My system receives mail as [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Local mail works fine.
>
> I send mail with exim which works except in my ISP's domain.
>
> When I send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] it is
> seen as loc
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 09:11:24PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
>
> R> I send mail with exim which works except in my ISP's domain.
>
> R> When I send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] it is seen as local
> R> mail to an unknown user.
>
> R> How should I make this work?
>
> My guess is
"R" == R Ransbottom writes:
R> I send mail with exim which works except in my ISP's domain.
R> When I send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] it is seen as local
R> mail to an unknown user.
R> How should I make this work?
My guess is you have attbi.com listed in local_domains in ex
I receive mail with fetchmail which works fine.
My system receives mail as [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Local mail works fine.
I send mail with exim which works except in my ISP's domain.
When I send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] it is
seen as local mail to an unknown user.
How should I make this work?
Pref
Sandip P Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> David A. Rogers wrote:
> >Yes your machine could send mail directly.
> >
> how! that was my question. even after reading the nag chapters, i am
> unable to handle this!
ok, so here comes a setup (this needs to go in the routers section)
that uses a
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> David A. Rogers wrote:
> >Yes your machine could send mail directly.
> >
> how! that was my question. even after reading the nag chapters, i am
> unable to handle this!
I always use a smart host, so I'm not the best one to tell you. Here's what I
"Sandip" == Sandip P Deshmukh writes:
Sandip> all right. it again gave back some nice data. can i use
Sandip> smtp.yahoo.com bydns_a in router configuration? i ask this
Sandip> because there are occassions when my local smtp server is
Sandip> dead. as a result, i can connect t
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 11:19:31AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> it just says message frozen!!
Unfreeze it. Check the exim docs on how to do this.
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Shyamal Prasad wrote:
A 'smarthost' is the term used in an exim configuration where a single
SMTP server (the 'smarthost') will accept SMTP connnections from your
network or host, and will relay these email onwards with headers that
identify you in a manner acceptable to bo
Paul Johnson wrote:
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 08:08:20PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
the way i look at it is, i am connected to the net. i have dns servers
resolving hostnames for me. do i still need something else *on some
other machine* to send mails?
Only if your ISP won't let you
Stephen Gran wrote:
One thing to consider is that when your SMTP demon makes a connection to
your recipients mail hub, there is an exchange between the two
computers, beginning with your computer saying HELO (or EHLO) and then
identifying itself. Many mailservers reject mail if the announced nam
Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 08:08:20PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
| i am yet to understand the term smtp smart host.
Whether or not to use a smarthost or to make your own host smart is a
choice. The "typical home user" will use a smarthost. The smarthost
is the h
David A. Rogers wrote:
For future reference read the Linux Network Administrator's Guide
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/index.html
oh sure. i did. thanx for referring this. very informative!
Yes your machine could send mail directly.
how! that was my question. even after reading the nag chap
For future reference read the Linux Network Administrator's Guide
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/index.html
for everything you wanted to know about how Linux/Unix OSs look at email.
For this time though -
Yes your machine could send mail directly. In that case, you wouldn't need a
smarthost. B
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 08:08:20PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
| i am yet to understand the term smtp smart host.
Ok, here's the deal : a "smarhost" is a host that is smart. Your
host is dumb -- IOW it doesn't know how to deliver mail to the
recipient. All it knows is that some other machi
"Shyamal" == Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
"Sandip" == Sandip P Deshmukh writes:
Sandip> so far as smarthost is concerned, i do not know yet! but
Sandip> frankly, i think a machine with the net access and dns
Sandip> access should be in a position to send e-mails
"Sandip" == Sandip P Deshmukh writes:
Sandip> well, here is what i discovered wrt questions shyamal had
Sandip> asked. i am yet to understand the term smtp smart host.
Hi Sandip,
A 'smarthost' is the term used in an exim configuration where a single
S
This one time, at band camp, Sandip P Deshmukh said:
> well, here is what i discovered wrt questions shyamal had asked.
>
> i am yet to understand the term smtp smart host.
>
> the way i look at it is, i am connected to the net. i have dns servers
> resolving hostnames for me. do i still need som
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 08:08:20PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> the way i look at it is, i am connected to the net. i have dns servers
> resolving hostnames for me. do i still need something else *on some
> other machine* to send mails?
Only if your ISP won't let you send directly, or you s
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On Sunday 22 September 2002 01:15 am, John Griffiths wrote:
> then if you still have no joy get your hands dirty in the
> /etc/exim/exim.config file
>
> you might have to reboot to get those changes to take effect.
N! A reboot i
On Sunday 22 September 2002 6:15 am, John Griffiths wrote:
>
> then if you still have no joy get your hands dirty in the
> /etc/exim/exim.config file
>
There are probably two relevent lines in your exim.conf file
local_domains = localhost:*.home:chandlerfamily.org.uk:libdebate.org
is the first
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 12:28:47AM -0400, Scott Henson wrote:
> I have a small network which I am trying to setup a mail server for. I
> would like to get my box to relay the mail for the rest on the network,
> but it just wont. For one, it wont relay the mail when I use eximconfig
> and tell it
>
>Well that would work cause I would be relaying for would be 3 otehr
>computers, but right now its not even working on one. I currently have
>to ssh and send this in mutt. I have relaying set to 192.168.0.x (x
>being the final octet for my machine) in eximconfig on the server. But
>it still won
On Sun, 2002-09-22 at 00:55, John Griffiths wrote:
> At 12:28 AM 9/22/02 -0400, Scott Henson wrote:
> >I have a small network which I am trying to setup a mail server for.
I
> >would like to get my box to relay the mail for the rest on the
network,
> >but it just wont. For one, it wont relay the
At 12:28 AM 9/22/02 -0400, Scott Henson wrote:
>I have a small network which I am trying to setup a mail server for. I
>would like to get my box to relay the mail for the rest on the network,
>but it just wont. For one, it wont relay the mail when I use eximconfig
>and tell it to let the explici
I have a small network which I am trying to setup a mail server for. I
would like to get my box to relay the mail for the rest on the network,
but it just wont. For one, it wont relay the mail when I use eximconfig
and tell it to let the explicit IP address for my machine relay the
mail. I also
On 15 Jul 2002 at 17:32, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
[ a few hints to get started on ]
Hello everyone,
Well, since I have now managed to find a solution, I though - in the
spirit of sharing - I would post my solution to this particular
configuration question.
Summary:
I have 3 (trusted) loca
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 06:42:08AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote:
| dman wrote:
| >On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 06:03:16AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote:
| >| | $ host -t mx tacocat.net
| >| |
| >| | This is a problem. You have no A *and* no MX records for your domain.
| >| | RoadRunner's smtp servers are rejec
dman wrote:
On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 06:03:16AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote:
| | $ host -t mx tacocat.net
| |
| | This is a problem. You have no A *and* no MX records for your domain.
| | RoadRunner's smtp servers are rejecting any mails whose return address
| | has a domain that can't be contact
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