On Mon 19 May 2014 at 07:30:23 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > > > There is an implication here that you think exim (or sendmail) is to be > > manipulated directly. That is not the case. It is a daemon which listens > > and which deals with mail *which is sent from a client*. The client > > interacts with Debian's exim and exim, if the setup is sane, processes > > the message. The transaction is recorded in /var/log/exim4/mainlog. > > I'm not interested in whether exim, sendmail or postfix are what I > need. I don't know for sure and don't care right now. I'm attempting > to get setup with exim.
What makes you think I have the slightest interest in what you choose as an MTA? > So again, my question is fairly straight forward... how can I > manipulate exim directly from the command line, and increase the > verbosity level of that mail handling program? exim -d Other options are in exim(8). -qff might be a useful one to add. > Went thru the config... I can not tell from log output why my mail is > not sent or delivered. I want to see more verbose output of the smtp > conversation at the smart host. You are told what is happening: (-53): retry time not reached for any host More verbose output may or not help. > This kind of output is not very helpful: It tells you that exim has tried previously to deliver and failed. No new attempts will be made for x minutes. > reader > delivering 1WmLdz-0002JS-5L > R: smarthost for hp...@fastmail.fm > T: remote_smtp_smarthost for hp...@fastmail.fm > LOG: retry_defer MAIN > == hp...@fastmail.fm R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost defer > (-53): retry time not reached for any host -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140519135240.gd17...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
