"Karsten M. Self" wrote: > > on Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 08:00:23PM -0700, Cam Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > How do I either: (1) change exim's idea of my system id number or set it up > > so it will detect it properly when I install? > > Please set your mailer/editor linewrap to 72 characters. > Sorry -- I had it set to 70, but I guess in the process of removing and reinstalling the setting got wiped.
> > For reasons I won't go into, I screwed up my system and had to > > reinstall, but I kept the /home directory intact. Naturally, I > > created a new account for myself (different name) temporarily as part > > of the setup, and then had to add my real personal account, etc. > > Haven't tried that myself. Do the UIDs match between old and new > ssytems? > Yes (as far as I can remember), but in re-creating the accounts without first removing the dummy account, I created a different set. To potentially correct it, I used deluser, and started over. > > I removed exim and related apps through apt-get, then re-installed, > > but this has had no effect. > > Removing the package won't flush your spool. > > I suppose you read the exim manpage? > > $ exim -qff > > ...should unfreeze messages, if possible. > Yes, I read the manpage, and have been using exim -qff > I suspect a configuration conflict is preventing delivery. > > $ exim -Mvl <message id> > > ...should print the message log to stdout for diagnostic purposes. > That will not work now -- there's nothing in the spool. Exim now tries to process messages, but there are no message to process. (I'm cheating, and using Netscape temporarily) Having cleared the spool, what should I do next? Thanks for all this Cam -- Cam Ellison >From Roberts Creek on B.C.'s incomparable Sunshine Coast [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
