------Original Message------ From: Daryl DuLong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Sent: February 25, 2001 12:05:48 AM GMT Subject: Re: mutt problems sending email
on 2/24/01 6:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is so frustrating. I had like 20 emails in my spool directory, which I > deleted. But I still can't send email.I have not touched exim's > configuration files for months so I don't know why this is happening I'll give this a shot: When you set up Exim, did you make choice 1 or 2 (or some other choice)? If you chose number 1, then there is a configuration problem within Exim. If you chose #2, does the remote_smtp server exist? I configured exim several months ago and don't remember which one I chose. However, I have had to edit the config file. I have a local network, so my computer has an IP address but is not exposed and is not fully qualified. I am also on a dialup network which I rely on for connecting to the internet. primary_hostname is mail.earthlink.net, remote_smpt exists and is set to driver = smtp.I believe my original problem that forced me to modify exim.conf was eximconfig's failure to use mail.earthlink.net as my primary hostname. That's because my computer is not really a mail server :-) As I've said before, the strange thing about my configuration is that I can send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but all other emails are not sent out, and I can see a long list of unsent email by mailq. > What is /etc/aliases file for? I ca't remember touching this, but it seems > to be part of exim's configuration. Lat two lines say: > > mailer-daemon: postmaster > webmaster: root That /etc/aliases file is where you appoint aliases for e-mail users. For example, using the two lines you provided above, all mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] will be bounced to the postmaster. All mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] will be bounced to root. Cheers, Daryl -- Daryl C. DuLong, Chairman Senate Public Relations Committee University of Rochester, New York "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." Home Page: http://dcd.lattedesigns.com/ Webmaster for 'The Hive': http://sa.rochester.edu/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
