On 19/05/14 23:22, Harry Putnam wrote: > I'm trying to setup exim4 in a situation that has got to be pretty > common. (Other than perhaps the choice of smtp server) > > In general it is: > > single user home machine running debian > > send mail to remote addresses by `smart host' > > Retrieve mail by fetchmail, or in some accounts just > use Imap and don't fetch the messages. > > But in all cases I must use a smarthost. In this case it is the smtp > server `mail.messagingengine.com'. I have successfully setup > sendmail on a debian machine in the past with this same smart host. > It necessitated using an `authinfo' file with a certain syntax. > > So my SmartHost is an authenticating Smart host... it also seemed > to require me to masquerade as another mail provider. > > I used `newsguy.com' since I have accounts with them. Mail was made > to appear as if it had originated at newsguy.com > > Some of those same things, no doubt, will be required, and I've tried > several different configs. > > What I hoped is that someone here would be in a similar situation and > might be able to offer some input to get this going. > > Call me lazy, but I really really do NOT want to pound thru piles and > piles of exim documentation... . I'm willing to do some reading > but not interested in becoming an exim adept... I doubt I would make > the cut... with 10-15 yrs training. > > > > > The server (mail.messagingengine.com) doesn't respond to ping nor to an attempt at connecting through port 25 right now (20/5/2014, 13:30 GMT)
$ swaks -s mail.messagingengine.com -q FIRST-HELO === Trying mail.messagingengine.com:25... ^C (manually aborted after a minute or so) $ ping mail.messagingengine.com PING mail.messagingengine.com (66.111.4.51) 56(84) bytes of data. ^C --- mail.messagingengine.com ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4030ms -- Klaus -- 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/537b3f03.5020...@gmail.com
