Hello, Not because I gave up on Sendmail, but because of another problem (for some reason (I believe it had to do with uninstalling Sendmail which I did in order to start from scratch and install the package from source) when I shut down and restarted, Apache was unavailable, all the files are in place, but it is listed as not installed and doesn't work. apachectl start would get no sucha commandment...anyway, to fix the Apache problem I reinstalled, reinstalling installed exim...so I thought I would give it a spin...). But here I am in the same situation: I can send mail outside, but I cannot receive mail from outside or internally. The error log reads: date refused relay (host) to <~internal@~> from <~external@~> and one from local to local
In other words, from my little understanding: the mail is getting to me, but it isn't being distributed. In other words, no problem at the DNS level or at the router, some problem either with exim config or in my Debian/linux setup. I am not sure if my Sendmail problems were caused in the same way, if so, the problem is with my Debian/Linux setup. I have read a couple of books and looked on the exim site with no joy. I have the following in exim.conf local_domains = listed:all:variations domain:domain.net:mail.domain.net I added: hosts_treat_as_local = all the above listed here as well relay_domains = all the above listed here as well NOT UNCOMMENTED: RELAY_DOMAINS_INCLUDE_LOCAL_MX = TRUE host_lookup = * host_auth_accept_relay = * (none set up) I also listed all the domains and variations of the names in /etc/hosts_allow ALL: domain ALL: domain.net and so forth one per line; did not do anything with hosts_deny Any pointers? Any and all help appreciated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]