David Abrahams wrote: > I'm hoping someone can help me out. The smtp server I'm forced (by my > ISP) to use, smtp.rcn.com, sometimes doesn't respond for 20 seconds at > a time, and since I often send from Gnus -- which is synchronous -- I > thought I might avoid locking up my Gnus UI by setting up an Exim > daemon to send the messages for me. I'm behind a Linksys router, > which is behind a cablemodem. [snip]
I didn't check all your config but you are missing the most important part, you should have under routers: begin routers smart_route: driver = manualroute transport = remote_smtp route_list = * smtp.rcn.com That's the first thing to change, worry later about timeouts or anything else. HTH -- René Berber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
