"Pierre A. Humblet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>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.
yes, that's what was missing, thanks. I actually got the answers in this thread: http://tinyurl.com/b4mzy (http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3cjk4br6nulbs.fsf%40W003275.na.alarismed.com%3e) But it's worth noting that the smart_route section is totally missing (not even present but commented out) from the exim.conf that's generated by exim-config and also from /etc/defaults/etc/exim.conf That makes getting this right a lot harder than it should be. Another issue worth noting is that the docs for exim say the program is called "eximconfig" rather than "exim-config" as is installed on Cygwin. > > - It would informative to see what happens when you send mail > to a specific user. e.g. > exim -d [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [exim will then expect input. Type a single Enter to use the default > headers, then type a test message. End with a single "." on a line. ] > B.t.w., the output "retry time not reached for any host" is probably > due to previous messages still timing out. Wipe out all files in > /var/spool/exim/db to get a clean slate. > > - You are not telling us what your isp forces you to do. If you must use > smtp.rcn.com (as suggested by René Berber), That's right. > do you also need to authenticate yourself? No, in fact, it's forbidden. Thanks for your time, Dave -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com -- 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/
