I re-ran it again with the following options: Split config into small files? No General Type of Mail Configuration Internet site; mail is sent and received directly using SMTP System mail name: hostname.mydomain.edu IP Addresses for incoming SMTP 172.16.0.39 (servers IP address) Other destinations for which mail is accepted hostname.mydomain.edu Domains to relay mail for: <<Blank>> (could this be my problem?) Machines to replay mail for: <<Blank>> Keep number of DNS-queries minimal? No Delivery method for local mail: Mbox
Do I have something specified wrong? Nathan -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Sackville-West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:00 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: FW: Sending Email from script On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 12:25:52PM -0400, Mace, Nathan wrote: > I got the following email on the servers local mail system when I > tried to email myself using the command below. > > Any ideas? > [typical exim "can't deliver" messages] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mailing to remote domains not supported how is your mailer configured? looks to me like you need to re-run dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config and pick an option that allows outgoing mail. what option did you pick in the reconfigure you mentioned previously? A