I got it figured out. I just added -- local_domains = <my hostname>:localhost
to my /etc/exim file. Thanks to all for your help:) I have a ways to go but getting there. kent ----- Original Message ----- From: ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 11:17 PM Subject: Re: fetchmail / s10/10.0.2.15 > It is sooo close. I made the changes John has suggested and now > I get this error when I use "fetchmail -av" -- > > fetchmail: SMTP< 220 fire.one ESMTP Exim 2.05 #1 Sun, 9 Apr 2000 22:55:42 -0500 > fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost > fetchmail: SMTP< 250-fire.one Hello fkent at localhost [127.0.0.1] > fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE > fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING > fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP > fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=670 > fetchmail: SMTP< 250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is syntactically correct > fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > fetchmail: SMTP< 550 relaying to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> prohibited by administrator > fetchmail: SMTP listener doesn't like recipient address [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > fetchmail: SMTP< 550 relaying to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> prohibited by administrator > fetchmail: can't even send to fkent! > > When I run "fetchmail --version it tells me my .fetchmailrc file is configured > to send mail to "localhost" the manpage says this is the default behavior. Why can't my mail be sent to "localhost"? > Thanks, > kent > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >

