Look at the "local_domains =" line in /etc/exim.conf - you need to explicitly add "localhost".
On Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 12:38:10PM +0300, Ali Onur Uyar wrote: > I am using Debian Slink with Exim, configured for an Internet Site, > to receive and send mail using SMTP. > Everthing is configured using default configuration paraemeters. > That is relaying mail through smtp for nonlocal domains is disabled. > > Now the question is wether Exim rejects smtp requests from localhost. > I have installed netscape communicator and as the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) > server I am trying to setup localhost. > When I try to send mails a dialog appears, informing me that the smtp > server does not accept the connection or sth. like that. > > What might be causing this behaviour? Is it because of the config > defaults of exim?
