--- Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I take it that you are both sending and receiving mail directly > from > your machine. Are you supposed to send your mail to another host as > per > your usual terms of service? For instance I send all my outgoing > mail > to netmail.home.com as my outgoing server. It seems like you as a > localhost aren't set up to send directly, and I'm not sure how to get > exim to do that off the top of my head or taking a quick peek through > the man page and my config files. > > --mike
AFAIK, I'm just an ordinary dialup user and should be sending mail to my telco isp, pop.mts.net, to which I connect to retrieve mail, but which refuses telnet connections to port 25 patrick. > > On 09 Aug 2001 11:13:03 -0700, patrick q wrote: > > > > > > On 09 Aug 2001 10:46:58 -0700, patrick q wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I'm trying to config exim|procmail|mutt with a DSL connection > to > > > the > > > > internet, single workstation. > > > > > > > > I've managed to setup so I can receive mail ok (to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]), > > > > and send internally but can't send externally, exim just queues > the > > > > > > > mail and logs with error: > > > > > > > > 2001-08-09 12:08:02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] T=remote_smtp defer (-44): > retry > > > > time not reached for any host > > > > > > > > I ran eximconfig choosing 'Smarthost' and the defaults. The > only > > > thing > > > > that I can think of is an authentication problem, I haven't > entered > > > > username/password anywhere, and there is no /etc/exim/password > > > file. I > > > > don't know how or where to enter this info anyway. > > > > > > > > I tried the exim manual but it's painfully apparent that I have > no > > > clue > > > > :-( > > > > > > > > I'd be really grateful for some advice! > > > > > > > > patrick. > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! > > > Messenger > > > > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > --- Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What happens if you telnet to your outgoing smtp server on port > 25? > > > > > > --mike > > > > I'm not sure, this is all new to me. > > Do you mean: telnet localhost 25? which gives... > > Trying 127.0.0.1... > > Connected to loopback. > > Escape character is '^]'. > > 220 gauss ESMTP Exim 3.22 #1 Thu, 09 Aug 2001 13:00:40 -0500 > > > > 500 Unrecognized command > > > > thx, > > patrick. > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! > Messenger > > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
